154 MALAY MANUSCRIPTS. 



Van der T link's words are worth repeating here: — " it is only 

 by a careful comparison of many manuscripts that a text can be 

 furnished which may be depended upon by persons desirous of ob- 

 taining an adequate idea of the grammatical structure of the Malay 

 language, and reluctant to trust the assertions of those who pretend 

 that Malay is devoid of grammar. 7 ' 



Kort Versing ran- de Maleisohe Handschriften in het East- 

 India House te Londen (Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie" 

 1849, Eersie Deel/bl. 385-400.) Under this title van der Tuuk 

 gives a catalogue, not yet superseded, of the Malay MSS. now in 

 the Library of the India Office, London. The following is a sum- 

 mary. 



Xo. 50, small folio and Xo. 51, large quarto, Hikayat Chekel 

 Waneng Pali. The readings differ little. No. 50 has a 

 second part entitled Klana Prdbu Jaya. 



Xo. 66. Hikayat mencheriterakan Raja Melaka hendak me- 

 rajakan anakanda Raden Bahar di-Bukit Sa-Guntang. 



From van Tuuk's description this evidently gives the last 

 chapters of the Hang Tual\ : it ends by telling how that 

 hero is still king of the aborigines in Upper Perak. 



Xo. 67, small 4to; a. of Xo. 96 and a. of Xo. 373. The lit. 

 Pelandok Jenaka. (Printed by H. C. Klinkert: vide 

 Brandes' " Dwerghert Verhalen " Tijd. In. T. L. en Vk. 

 deel XXXVII 1 e and 4 e afd.) 



Xo. 68, small 4to : a. Shaer orang berbuat amal. a religious 

 poem written in Kedah. 



b. Shaer Si-lembari (or Sinydr Gilang P. 0. Y\\) 



c. Shaer sural kirim ka-pada perentah orang b< : r- 



kaseh-kaseh i.e. Shaer Jauhar Chinta Berahi 

 Leyden ("Essays on Indo-China," Ser. I vol. I 

 p. 100) quoted verses from c. as coming from 

 b. 



d. Hi. Mi' raj Xabi Muhammad. A very bad copy 



from the Javanese. 



Xo. 69, small 4to ; Hi. Mesa Tandraman. There were two 

 divine brothers Sang Darmadewa and Bewa Kisna Indra. 

 The younger -went to the mountain Puspagiri as an 

 ascetic : the elder Sang Darmadewa became king of Kuri- 

 r pan, and had four sons Singa Putra, Singa Marmava. 

 ,Singa Andaru and Singa Mandapa, also a daughter 

 Chindra Dewi who remained a maid and lived an ascetic 

 on the mountain Indra Chapa. The old king returned to 

 heaven and his four sons ruled respectively over Kuripan, 

 Daha, Gagalang and Wirabnmi. 



Xo. 87. lit. Pandawa Jaya. 



Xo. 89 and 90, fol. Hi. Isma Yatim. MSS. almost identical 

 and agreeing in the episode of the singing peacocks with 



Jour. Straits 'Branch 



