306 NOTES AND QUERIES. 



alaniat beruleh anak chucbu banyak lagi sentosa : jika mengadap 

 ka-utara baik alamat beruleh mas perak lagi semperiia : jika 

 meng-adap ka-maghrib bertambah-tambah alamat baik atau orang 

 alim datang kapada-nya lagi salamat ; jika mengadap ka-selataii 

 malang pada baraiig kerja-iiya ; tiada semperna maksud-nya. 



Names of Months. 



In the inland villages of Malacca the names of the Muham- 

 madan months are as follows : — 



1. Bnlan Muharram 



2. 





Safar 



3. 





Sulong Maulud 



4. 





Padua (or Sengah) Maulud 



5. 





Peruga (or Alang) Maulud 



6. 





Bongsu Maulud 



7. 





Aruah 



8. 





Khenduri 



9. 





Puasa 



10. 





Raya 



11. 





Berapit 



12. 





Haji 



but for the 7th month ] 



Rejah is the more general name and 



Sha'aban is perhaps 



more! 



commonly used for the 8th. 



Are the above ( 



^erms 



usual in other districts ? 



Benzoin. 



Mr. Groeneveldt in the Appendix to his " Notes on the 

 Malay Archipelago and Malacca," (Essays relating to Indo-.China, 

 series II. vol I. p. 261) remarks under this head: 



Benzoin, gold and silver incense. It is described as follows 

 in the " Tung Hsi Yang K'au " Book 3 p. 23 : " Inside this in- 

 " cense are white spots as clods of white wax ; the best sort has 

 •' much of this white, and the inferior sorts but little. When 

 " burnt it is very fragrant." We think this description cannot 

 but apply to the gum benzoni. 



