350 



the Rajah s women observed him. He look- 

 ing at a betel tree, when it Euddenly broke. Tbi^ 

 was observed by th^ Rajah, who was enraged 

 at it, conceiving it to have- been done sf lely for 

 the purpose of attracting the lady's atteniioa, 

 and displaying liis skill. He accordingly order- 

 ed him to be put to death. The executioners 

 seized him, and carried him to the place of exe- 

 cution, and stabbed him near the houj^e of a sell- 

 er of sweetmeats. Ilii^ bfood fioued on the 

 ground, but his body vani^^hed from their ken, 

 and his blood was covered up by the sweetmeat 

 teller, and was cim^ifrd mto Atom and atUl remains 

 at Suighftpm a. According to one account, how- 

 ever, the body of Tun Jana Khaleb lies at Lang- 

 ^c^wi, where it was buried, for thus they sing of 

 it in Pmtuns. 



" Tough is the duck of Singbora, (above Ke- 

 dab), 



" The Pandan* leans on the Tui tree, 

 '* His blood was shed at SinijhBpura, 

 But his body lies at Langcawi." 



The second instance that I phall adduce is 

 aho recorded by the same author, who informs 

 us that during the reign of Rajah Secaoder 

 Shah the Javanese conquered 8inghapura princi- 

 pally by means of the treachery of Sang Ranju- 

 na Tapa, who invited" th^ enemy to the conquest 

 in revenge for the Rajah's having directed his 

 daughter, who was one of the royal wives, to be 

 impalexl on fiuspicion of infidelity. As a judgment 

 on his perfidy the historian say^ that '*By the power 



-t^LTT^^Vf? J* pJwtted in foice* It la tl» 



