301 



the days of the month, the Malayan year consist- 

 in of twelve months of 30 days each, raakinga 

 year of 300 days. These figure??, of course, 

 denote the days in the eoluums beneath them, 

 UpoE the right hand of the table are the names 

 of the. months, the first Malayan month com- 

 mencing at the bottom of the page, and the 

 others ascending in succession. The tifst is the 

 Mohowam, corresponding with our June; the se- 

 cond, Sufr, or July ; . the third, llabbih-il-awal,pr 

 Augiibt; the fourth. Rabbih-U akhir, or Septem- 

 ber; the fifth. Jooma*lil awaf, or October , the 

 sixth, Joomadii Akhir, orjNovemberi tht; seventh, 

 Rajib, or December ; the eighth, Shabban» or Janu- 

 ary ; the ninths Ramzan, or February ; the tenth, 

 Shoowal/or March ; the eleventh, Zooalgiddah, 

 or April, and tlie twelfth, Oulhejah, or May. 



The bierogliphics are nine in number^ of which, 

 however, only eiglit appear in the table, as the sign 

 Of which indicates wind, is always compounded 

 with one of the other three simple characters ; these 

 four original isigns are the first in the ixjflawing 

 list, 



1. o Fine weather. 



2. • blormy. 



3. © Rain . , 



4. O Wind. . . 



5. <3> Fine weather with 

 wind, 



G. O Cloudy Si stormy. 



7. @ Windy with rain. 



8, @ Very fine weather. 



9. 0 Fine, but cloudy. 

 The instructions for the us^e of the almanac 

 commence immediately over the latter end of the 

 months, and the two sentences may be freely ren- 

 dered thus; when there is a strong wesierly 

 wind in that year" (the one in which you consult 



