HISTORY OF SANTUBONG, SARAWAK. 17 
recognising the true state of affairs, he informs the new Sultan 
of the arrival of the long lost party in Brunei. On hearing this, 
the young prince hastily makes preparations for a long sea 
voyage and at an early date reaches Brunei. The mutual 
ereetings were most affectionate and the townspeople joined in 
their congratulations. In due time the Johore prince marries 
his relative, Sri Bulan, and becomes Rajah of Brunei, his 
younger brother succeeding to the rank of Sultan of Johore. 
The worthy fisherman as a reward for his good services is made 
a chief of the up country. After this, Merapati with his wife, 
and Chipang his son, returns to Batu Boiak and remains here 
until the place has again acquired some degree of prosperity : 
then Chipang assumes the rank of Rajah at Batu Boiak, whilst 
our hero and Permaisuri go back to Tanjong Datu where they 
hope to spend their old age. It was here he died and on his 
death, his well worn tikar simbayang (prayer mat) floated out 
to sea and was picked up by Chipang at Batu Boiak: thence it 
was taken to Mungoh Landi, a hill in Upper Sarawak where 
shut up in a box, it was buried. Ever afterwards, Tanjong 
Datu became the resort of pilgrims where the good people went 
to pray and to bathe in the stream made holy by the famous 
Datu. ; : 
Chipang Merapati lived and ruled at Batu Boiak for many 
years, and we are told that his people included as well as Malays 
many immigrants from China and from India. 
Here the story ends abruptly in aconfused genealogy which 
shows the descent of several Malays of high rank in Sarawak 
from the illustrious hero of tradition. Such is the main outline 
of a story well known to Malays, and in the few scattered 
references to the negri Batu Boiak we have all that tradition can 
offer us respecting our subject. How much of this story has 
any foundation in real fact we are not prepared to say, but 
from the casual references to Santubong—which is only inci- 
dental to the story—we helieve that this village has in past 
times been the home of influential Malay chiefs when prob- 
ably Sarawak village was of very minor importance. Also if 
the statement concerning the Chinese and Indian residents of 
the village be not historical fact, it represents at any rate the 
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