114 ON THE MALA'YU NATION, 



" The prince, exasperated at the treacherous conduct of the men of 

 " Johdr, and offended that the Raja should permit Raja Mu'da thus 

 " ©penly to attack- him, proceeded the next morning with all his men, in 

 " order to give battle to the Raja himself, to revenge the ill treatment 

 " he had received, and if possible, to recover the princess his wife. A se- 

 " vere engagement took place, which lasted all day, and in the darkness 

 " of the night the men of Johdr fled in every direction. The Raja 

 " escaped to Tringdno, and Raja Mu'da, with his family, took shelter in 

 " a neighbouring wood. 



" Intimation of the place of Raja Mu'da's retreat being conveyed 



" to the prince, he immediately proceeded thither, and completely sur- 



u rounded him. Raja Mu'da, finding himself in this extremity, and no 



" hope of escape left, put his family to death, one by one, in order that 

 " they might not fall into the hands of the enemy. After which he went 



61 forth from the interior of the wood, and endeavored to rush through the 



" Menangcdbaws who surrounded it, but in vain: being repulsed in every 



u direction, he threw down his arms, and solicited them to spare his life 



Ci This they would not listen to, and he was in a moment slain.., 



" The prince having thus revenged himself on Raja Mu'da, proceed- 

 " ed towards Tringdno, hearing that the Raja of Johdr had fled thither, 

 " On the prince's arrival at Tringdno, he demanded of the Raja, that 

 5 ' the Raja of Johdr should be given up to him, and the Raja of Tringdno 

 '• complied with his request. On the Raja of Johdr being delivered up, 

 " he was immediately put to "death by the enraged Menangcdbaws. 



" The prince then recovered his wife from the Raja of Tringdno , 

 " with whom she had been left by her father ; and having remained a 

 << few days at Tringdno, he returned with his followers to Johdr. At 



