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Phra pJiim Saivan — History of a King of this name and his Queen 

 Nang Sang Suriya. 



PJiria Phali, and Sukkrip, or the adventures of Bali and Sugriva. 



Thau kroong Son — History of a Raksha who stole a Princess. 



Khun phen relates the adventures of the famous Siamese general of 

 that name. His M^ars with Laos and other states. He leads into captivity 

 Nang sa-e faa " the princess of the jewel necklace," daughter of the 

 King of Z/ao5— who is given in marriage to the general's son. He also 

 surprises the prince of Sokkothai (the latter now an integral province of 

 Siam) and carries off his daughter Nang kao kIriya — lit. princess of the 

 inestimable diamond of Prangi. 



Trei Wong — History of a prince who caught a white elephant. 



Chein-narat. 



Phrd-Photisat — History of one of the incarnations of Buddha, 

 So -thin. 



Hae-sang — Leyden observes that this book relates the adventures of 

 the Prince, " who was born in a shank or vshell and remained in it until 

 maturity." The Prince however came into the world, only along with 

 a shank shell. He is exposed in the forest, is miraculously preserved, 

 is adopted by a chief of the Ndgas, or snakes. The Thewaldas or 

 Dewas send him afterwards in a gold ship into the regions of the 

 Rakshas, a seven days passage beneath a mountain. He returns and 

 goes through many adventures. 



Sang sin Chat, or history of a prince who came into the world along 



with a shank shell and a bow and arrow. He travels into the country 



of the Rakshas in search of his aunt Ke san Samunta, who had been 



carried away by evil genii. His battles with them are related, the death 



of the Yaks — and his visiting the Prince of the Ndgas in his palace 



beneath the waters. Here he plays a game oi chess with the prince ; the 



stakes are the shank with the bow and arrows on the one hand, and the 



country of the Ndgas on the other. The prince loses. Sang sfN Chai 



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