RAJA DONAN. 263 



Buali rambega di bawah bulang 

 Ra?na-ra?na terbang ka Jawa 

 Adek mem-bega abang ?nem-bnlang 

 Sama-sama mem-buang-kan niawa. 



RAJA PiAKAS then had nine bags of dollars brought by his at- 

 tendants, and poured them out in the cock-pit as his stake, and 

 proposed to set the birds at each other. RAJA DONAN then 

 sent the ugly youth to fetch money, and presently so much 

 was brought and thrown down that the stake of Raja PiAKAS 

 was thrown into the shade and his opponent reminded him 

 that he had not staked enough. Raja PiAKAS then added to 

 his stake his country Beram Bint, his intended father-in- 

 law's country Gedong Batu, and his affianced wife the Princess 

 GANDA Iran herself. The Princess who was looking out of a 

 window heard all that he said. 



Then they set the birds beak to beak (meng-oja) and draw- 

 ing them away from each other (rentang) let them go. In the 

 third round (tepuk) the wing of Raja DONAN'S bird was broken 

 and RAJA PiAKAS shouted with delight. The ugly youth was 

 despondent, but Raja Doxax re-assured him, and repeated this 

 verse : — 



Si -ha rah harah patali patali di-kulei-han 

 Rambut ikal basalt basalt di-urei-kan. 



" lithe liaralt * branch is injured it can be straightened 

 again." 



" If a woman's head-dress is wetted, the wet hair can be 

 let down." 



Then they recommenced, and this time one leg of RAJA 

 Donan's bird was broken. Raja PiAKAS shouted and jump- 

 ed about and tucked up his sleeves and bandished his arms. 

 Again the ugly youth addressed his master despondently, but 

 RAJA DONAN answered him confidently with the same verse, 

 and declared that if the bird's legs were broken, he would 

 light on his stumps (ber-telku) . The next time they did not 

 put the birds on the ground, but set them at each other at 

 some height from it and let them fall together (ber-bu?nbong 



* Harah or ara is a very tough wood which cannot be snapped. 



