THE PELANDOK, AND PA' SI BAGO'. 47 



men and all the women were in the middle of the feast Salam 

 di Eimba went up into the house and began to upset the 

 ceremonial rice and eggs and to eat them. At once an uproar 

 arose in the house and some said, " The pelandok has come 

 to attack us, we had better catch and kill him." When they 

 chased him he took up a small pillow and got on to the ridge 

 pole of the house. When they beat up stream he seemed to 

 be down stream : when they beat down stream he seemed to 

 be up stream. While this was going on he let the pillow fall 

 to the ground. They all thought that this was the pelandok 

 so they all stabbed at it, while he slipped down on the other 

 side and got away. So they all went up into the house again. 



After that Salam di Eimba took a large piece of clotted 

 rice from a big pot and taking it to the river embarked in it 

 and paddled away. After some time he reached another 

 village where he met a boy. Salam di Rimba said, " What 

 are you doing here ? " The boy replied, " Nothing in parti- 

 cular." Salam di Rimba said, " If that is so, come and let us 

 sail away together." The boy said, "Very well." So both of 

 them got into the boat and sailed away. 



At last they came to a certain reach where they stopped 

 for a time. And there they met a Pa' Si Bago', * that is a big 

 solitary monkey (brok). Salam di Rimba said to him, "Pa, 

 Si Bago', what are you doing here?" Pa' Si Bago' replied, 

 "lam doing nothing just now." Salam di Rimba said, "If 

 you are doing nothing, come along with us." Pa' Si Bago' 

 replied, " All right, let the three of us sail away together." 



Now after some time they arrived at a certain country 

 which had been laid waste by a tiger. Few and sparse were 

 the people of the land. One morning Salam di Rimba met a 

 man, an inhabitant of the land, who was dawdling along. 

 Salam di Rimba said to him, 



* Pak si Bajok, ia itu beroktung^al. There is only one other story 

 known to Mat Noordin about Pak si Bajok (see p. 66 of Journal No. 

 47) Nor is there any farther adventure of Pak si Bajok that he can 

 relate in this tale. 



R. A. Soc, No. 48, 1907. 



