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No. 228. lit. Parang Putin g. In a King's College MS. it is 

 named the Ht. Budak Miskin bergelar Raja Mambang 

 Dewa Keinderaan. The 2 MSS. differ little. The Budak 

 Miskin is the son of the prince of Langkam Java and is 

 brought hrto the world by the magic of Mambang Sagara 

 Indra. He is born in the forest where his mother had 

 been banished on account of her pregnancy. One of his 

 feats is a fight with a sea-dragon, the oppressor of a 

 princess. 



No. 285, small 4vo. Cherita Khoja Mubarak or lit. Khoja 

 Maimun i.e. the lit. Baijan Budiman: containing 22 tales. 

 (See Winstedt's edition of this Malay version of the 

 " Tales of a Parrot.") 



No. 292, small 4vo. ///. Salindang Dalima, a prose version 

 of the well-known poem. Dewa Pri, prince of Bandan 

 Pirus, lost life and kingdom owing to a G-aruda. He left 

 two children, the elder a daughter Sri Benian, the younger 

 a son Bangsakara. Sri Benian bears a child, son of Dewa 

 Laksana who had transformed himself into a pome- 

 granate: hence the child is called Si Dang Dalima. Be- 

 fore she dies she puts the child in a chest and gives it to 

 her brother with a request not to open it. Bangsakara 

 travels and comes to a kingdom whose ruler has just died. 

 He is chosen by a sagacious elephant to succeed to the 

 throne. He marries the seven daughters of the dead 

 ruler. To the youngest and dearest he entrusts the chest 

 telling her not to open it. The elder sisters break the 

 injunction and find in it a beautiful girl. Fearful she will 

 win the king's heart by her beauty, they smear her with 

 charcoal, set her to menial tasks and beat her when she 

 lets the chicken eat the padi. Her only amusement is to 

 sing. At last one day when the king was setting out for 

 Tanjong Puri, Salindang Dalima besought him to visit 

 the island of Bandu on his return to fetch her a certain 

 rattan, predicting storm and contrary winds if he forgets. 

 The king forgets and is driven out of his course. Then re- 

 membering he gets the rattan, whereof the girl made a 

 swing. The king discovers who she is and hands the six 

 cruel princesses over to her to punish. She punishes 

 but forgives. One clay her father Dewa Laksana, son of 

 Mengindra and princess Chahaya Sinar, descends from 

 Ivumala Eatna, discovers and embraces his daughter, then 

 fights and conquers the Garuda and reigns over Bandan 

 Pirus. He gives his daughter in marriage to Eaja Udara, 

 son of Eaja Diwangsa, prince of Tanjong Puri. 



No. 295, small fol., 70 pp. Ht. Nabi Yusuf. Shorter but 

 resmbling the MlS. translated in the " Indo-Chinese 

 Gleaner " April 1821. 



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