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of God Almiglity, the house of Sang Ranjuna 

 Tapa faded, and its pillars were overturned, and 

 rice ceased to be planted in the land, and Sang 

 KanjunaTapa, both hu*5band and wife, was chang- 

 ed' into stonei - and those are the two stones 

 which appear beside the moat of Singhapnra/' 



The third, ihough first in order of record, I 

 hkve reserved for the last to be brought forward, 

 because 1 am inclined to think that the evidence 

 is fully presumptive in favor of its being tbe stone 

 now visible at Singapore ; it is to be met with at 

 pages G2, and G3 of the Anoals. 



The preceding- pages inform us that in the 

 reign of Sir Hajah Vicrama, there was a redoubt* 

 able champion of the name of Badang^. Several 

 remarkable feats of strength are recorded of him, 

 but J will merely select the one in point. The 

 fame of Badang having reached the land ofKUng* 

 the Rajah of that country despatched a champi- 

 on, named Nadi VtjayaVicrama, to try his strength 

 with him, staking seven ships on the issue of the 

 contest. 



After a few trials of their relative powers, Ba» 

 dang pointed to a huge stone lying before the Ra- 

 ja h*s hall, and a*ked his opponent to lift it, and 

 to allow their claims to be decided by the great* 

 est strength displayed in this feat. The KHug 

 champion asseuted, and, after several failuics, 

 succeeded in raising it as high as bis knee, after 

 which he immediately let it fall. The story 

 then says that Badang, having taken up the 

 stone, poised it easily sever ai times, and then 

 threw it out into the mouth of the river, and 



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