1838.] 



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hunt on the sea shore." The mantris and huluhalangs performed 

 obeisance and said " On our heads be the commands of the king." 

 The morrow arrived, and the prince set out, accompanied by all his 

 ministers and officers with a long train of vassals. On reaching the 

 hunting ground, they halted, and an encampment was formed. The 

 prince dismounted from his elephant, and held an audience in his pa- 

 vilion, at which the whole of his nobles and vassals were present. The 

 royal mandate was issued, that some of the attendants should be sent 

 to look for marks of game. This was done, and it was represented that 

 numerous deer tracks were visible in the forest skirting the sea coast* 

 The prince on this issued directions that the hunt should take 

 place the following morning. Accordingly on the morrow nets 

 and snares were in readiness, and the royal attendants plung- 

 ed into the thicket to drive the chace into the toils. The 

 day however had considerably advanced without a single head 

 of game having been caught. The prince was much astonished 

 and ordered his own dog to be loosed. The hound after about two 

 hours quest gave tongue. The prince soon distinguished its cry, and 

 following the sound came to a creek, where he fell in with the hunts- 

 men who had also followed the dog. On asking them what the hound 

 had started, they informed him that the chace was a white chevrotin 

 (plandok), glittering and as large as a goat, but that it had vanished 

 away from their sight. The prince on hearing this set out in the 

 direction of the place where the plandok had disappeared. After some 

 time he arrived at a solitary house inhabited by an aged man and his 

 wife engaged in fishing. The prince ordered his attendants to enquire 

 whence they came, why they had settled there, and what was their 

 origin. The old man answered that he was originally from Kota 

 Malliki, had accompanied Paduka Anakanda to establish the country 

 of Kakayutia, and was left behind here on account of sickness. The 

 prince then asked him his name. The old man replied, the name of your 

 slave is Inchi Tani. The king on hearing this, returns to his pavilion 

 and founds a city on the spot, where the white plandok vanished, which 

 was close to the Panghalan or landing place where the old fisherman 

 Tani pursued his vocation." 



This account differs from that of the Sejdra Malayii wherein it is 

 stated that Pa^an2 derives its name from that of the old fisherman found 

 on its coasts. Whereas the former, after mentioning that this is the 

 most generally received tradition, gives it as his opinion, that Patani 

 signifies the Pangkalan, or landing place where the plandok disap- 

 peared. 



