1850.] 



of Continental India, 8fc. 



Ill 



tives of the Phillipine islands call their chief deity Bathalameica- 

 pal ; and also Dtvata™ as appears from a passage in Thevenot. 

 The name of a country in Sumatra is Indra-pura ,• the name of a 

 place is Koto-tuggoh, signifying the strong fortress. A town is 

 called Rantan Krarnas, Mantris as king's ministers, are mentioned. 

 Paku gajah is elephant 13 fern, Chamaerops palma. The Malays 

 originally emigrated from Sumatra to Malacca. Two books nar- 

 rate this emigration, and the subsequent history : each of these 

 books have two titles " the one named Taju as Salatifi, or Makuta 

 and Segala-raja Raja, "the crown of all kings ;" the other more 

 immediately to the purpose sulalat assalatin or penarun ansegula 

 14 Ch 16 396 RajaBaja,thedescent of all (Malayan) 14 kings. 

 (14) Ch. 1 ,p. ^6. c 0 pi es were uo t possessed by Mr. Marsden ; 



but the contents were derived from two eminent Dutch writers, 



Pelrus Wanderworm, and Valentyn. Mention is made of the is- 



^ ^ land of Indalas, 15 now Sumatra, on the river 



Malayo, which flows by the mountain named 



Malta Mem. A leader of emigration from Sumatra to Malacca 



was chosen, named Sri Turi Buvana. The first town built by 



the emigrants was named Singa-fura. After Sri Turi Buvana, 



came Paduka Pelcaram wira, who ruled 15 years ; then Sri Rama 



ViJcaram ; then Sri Maharaja. In consequence of disasters which 



occurred to the first built town, this was elsewhere built, called 



.Malaka from the abundance there of the 



fruit so 13 called (Myrobolanum.) Allusion is 



made to an account by John de Barros, wherein occurs the word 



Sangesinga in Java, of a king named Pararisev, his nephew being 



OOD , named 17 Paramisora. Further on, the name 



(17) p. 328, note. . 



oi a general is Sri Nara dirija ; the name of 



a country Indra-giri ; a princess of celebrity was named Raden 



^ 09g Gala Chendra™ Kir an. Mr. Marsden says 



the ancient religion of Sumatra was derived 



(19) p 330 ^ i0m ^ iat °^ Brahma 5 adducing the names 19 



Mahameru ; Indra, Dewas, The low, or 



(20) p 334 strand, countries are called Pasesir barat™ 



A common cooly having been accidentally 

 discovered to be a descendant from the ancient royal family of 



(12) ch. 14, p. 302. (13) ch. 15, pp. 304, 315, 316, 317, 324. 



