HIKAYAT SERI RAMA. 2] 
and bound by Maharaja Duwana’s troops, but this time he 
himself advised his captors to swathe him with cotton cloth, 
and pour oil over it, and then to set fire to the mass. This, he 
said, would be sure to kill him. This was accordingly done by 
the order of Maharaja Duwana, with the result that the fire 
spread to the town of Kachapuri, which was reduced to ashes.* 
Kéra Kéchil then carried off his mother and returned to the 
plain of Anta-béranta, where he restored her to Séri Rama.t 
Maharaja Duwana warned him, however, that he would be at 
‘Tanjong Bunga seven days after him and the combat between 
them would be renewed there. 
The return to Tanjong Bunga was accomplished amid 
general rejoicings, but Maharaja Duwana kept his word and 
attacked that kingdom seven days afterwards. The hostilities 
that ensued are graphically described. Blood flowed like 
water and as for slaughter the corpses fell like blades of grass 
in number and the bodies of huge beasts (elephants and horses 
used in war) lay here and there like logs of timber ready to be 
floated down ariver.”’ The glancing of the weapons, the shouts 
of the brave and the shrieks of the timid all come in for a 
share of the description. When the rival armies drew off, 
Maharaja Duwana found that out of seven thousand men, he 
had but seven hundred left. Recourse to magic only convinced 
him of the certainty of failure. However, by a well-directed 
shot from a wall-piece he brought down Raja Laksamana, 
who was, however, immediately cured by a potent remedy 
which Kéra Kéchil fetched from Mount Inggil-béringgil.t 
After this Maharaja Duwana hauled down his flags in token 
of defeat and humbled himself to the victorious monkey, who 
# Hanuman’s tailis set on fire, in the Indian epic; he escapes how- 
ever, and the fire communicates itself to the town of Lanka. 
+ In the Ramayana, Hanuman goes back alone after discovering 
Sita and burning Lanka. The seize of Lanka by Rama follows and 
Sita is eventually delivered by Rama himself. 
tIn the Ramayana, both Rama and Laksamana are killed in the 
fight. with Ravana, but are both restored to life a by peculiar herb 
which Hanuman fetches from Mount Kailasa. 
R. A. Soc., No. 55, 1909. 
