34 AWANG SULONG MERAH MUDA. 
trailers for the water pots and a litter be prepared. The prince 
and princess donned magic costume. The prince donned 
Silken trousers tight at ankle; 
Round the feet a hundred spangles : 
Round the waist a thousand spangles, 
Coat-of blue and varied pattern :— 
Hung to dry its fabric moistens, 
Dryer grows if soaked in water ;— 
Round his brows he wore a kerchief 
Folded, bright with varied colours : 
Charms inwoven at each corner, 
In each pattern charms for beauty. 
All the officials of state assembled, holding royal um- 
brellas and yellow pennons: 
Right and left were lances clanking ; 
Right and left the fencers fenced. 
Prince and princess were carried in a litter, in procession 
down to the bathing stage; bathed; and then home to the 
palace. 
In due course princess Hawk of the Mangrove felt the 
pangs of child-birth. The Trusty Page was sent tosummon 
the seven mid-wives but none of them were willing to attend ; 
and he returned to find an empty palace, prince Hawk of the 
Sea and his consort both dead and a new-born man child. 
Now prince Chief of the world lived with his wife of the 
Flowing Tresses up-land in Sungaz Batu and he was a kins- 
man of prince Hawk of the Sea. One night he dreamt that 
his kinsman was in trouble and setting out for the palace 
found it just as it was discovered by the Trusty Page. Then 
he summoned all the chiefs and people, bade them carry out 
the onsequies of their dead prince and his consort; and after 
this duty was fulfilled, he and his wife took the new-born 
child whom they named Awang Sulong Merah Muda home 
and brought him up with their own daughter princess Nuvra- 
mah. He was taught the Koran and all secular learning, 
Showing miraculous aptitude after seven days of backwardness 
Jour. Straits Branch 
