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get near the capital itself, the people implored the protection 

 of RAJA DONAN, and by his intercession with the Dewatas 

 the country was transformed into a sea and as the salt water 

 poured in and covered the land the wild beasts were all 

 drowned, though of course no other harm was done, and when 

 they were all dead the water subsided and everything went 

 on as before. 



Raja PiAKAS, having exhausted his sister's resources, led 

 an expedition himself against Daja DONAN. With three 

 hundred ships he appeared at the mouth of the river and the 

 LAKSAMANA, or Raja dilaut ) reported to his Sovereign the 

 arrival of the invading force. Raja DONAN thereupon set off 

 down the river alone. His boat was a bit of the sheath of 

 the plantain flower and his paddle was a single leaf of the 

 jack-tree (sa-keping kelopak jantong dan satu halei daun 

 nangka jantan). His wife, the Princess GANDA Iran, had a 

 boat got ready for herself, rowed by forty-four of her women 

 and having on board forty-four Amazonian warriors, and wait- 

 ed to see what would happen next. 



RAJA DONAN reached the invading fleet and did all he 

 could to persuade RAJA PiAKAS to make peace, but the latter 

 would not listen, and the battle commenced. In the mean- 

 time, the Princess had started down the river and reached the 

 scene of the fighting just when the fire was hottest. She too 

 opened fire on Raja PiAKAS, and he was getting the worst of 

 it when RAJA DONAN, recognising his wife, gave her boat a 

 push, the momentum of which carried it off to the distance 

 of twenty-four hours' journey and then it stuck on a bank. 



Again Raja DONAN offered peace, but Raja PiAKAS still 

 refused and a single combat ensued. RAJA PiAKAS failed to 

 parry a stroke and his head was severed from his body. 



The magnanimous conquerer fitted the head on to the bo- 

 dy and restored his adversary to life, and Raja PiAKAS then 

 made due submission. Raja DONAN and the Princess then 

 took him with them and sailed for Goa Batu, in order to 

 marry him to the Princess Che Ambong. It will be remem- 

 bered that Raja Donan, on leaving that place, had enjoined 

 the chiefs to defend the country against any one invading it 

 from the sea, but to leave him to deal with any land-attack. 



