Notes and Queries. 



Colonel Low, writing in J 850, A. B., in Volume IV of the 

 Journal of the Indian Archipelago, page 18, has the following 

 notice of Perak. 



"25th: February 1814. The Perak Raja addressed a 

 " letter to the chief authority at Penang : ' I am ' wrote this 

 " potentate ' he who holds the royal sword and the dragon betel 

 " stand and the shell which came out of the sea which flowed 

 " from the Hill of Se Guntang.' " 



Do the dragon betel stand and this sea-shell still form 

 part of the Perak State Regalia ? If so, can any one say what 

 the sea-shell is, and what the legend connected with it is ? 



This hill, which is perhaps the Sagatang Maka Miru of the 

 Sejarah Malayu, is connected with the Perak regalia in the 

 following lullaby [which was published on page 76 of the "Notes 

 and Queries " of the Society]. 



Mangqueta nama-nya kayu, 

 Doun-nya luruh menelentang, 

 Mahkota raja Malayu 

 Turun deri Bukit Saguntang. 



II 



Daun-nya huroh meneletang, 

 Daun puan di-raut-raut. 

 Turun deri Bukit Seguntang, 

 Kaluar deri dalam laut. 



W. G. M. 



