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the mouth of the river and could see far below a little vessel 

 rocking about at anchor in mid-stream. Then she swooped 

 down and perched on one of the masts just above RAJA Do- 

 NAN, who was sitting below playing the violin. And as she 

 could see that she had not been perceived by RAJA Donan 

 she sang the following stanza to the tune which he was play- 

 ing : — 



anak merpati terbang ka hulit 



anak e ngga ng m e ng- a ngk ut sarang 



jauh-kan hati titan penghitlu 



tiada menegor sa bnrong barang. 



The young pigeon flies inland 



The horn-bill gathers sticks for its nest 



Far away are my lord's thoughts 



He does not accost any bird that comes. 



So beautifully did the bird sing this verse that Raja DOXAX 

 and the two Princesses ran forward where they could see the 

 mast. On being beckoned to by Raja DOXAX to come down 

 the kite descended and delivered the bundle which Raja Do- 

 XAX opened without delay. He put on his head the cap of 

 flowers, which fitted him exactly, and ate one of the quids of 

 betel-nut. He at once became absent and pre-occupied, to the 

 great alarm of the Princesses, who thought that he was poi- 

 soned, but he declared that he was only thinking of what he 

 should send to the Princess Gaxda Iran in return for her 

 present. By theif advice he sent three rings 



yang sa-buntok tanda meminang 

 dan sa-buntok ber-ikrar janji 

 dan sa-buntok tanda jadi sabarang bechara. 

 One as a sign of betrothal, one to bind the promise, and one 

 as a sign that whatever was undertaken would be successfully 

 carried out ; also a shawl which he was in the habit of wear- 

 ing as a sign of intimacy. These were put into the golden 

 bowl, the wrapper of which was knotted up in exactly the 

 same way as before, and delivered to the kite. Before taking 

 her departure the kite delivered to Raja DOXAX an invitation 

 from the Princess to enter the country as she was very anxious 

 to see him. RAJA DOXAX desired the kite to say in reply 



