SUMATRA. 
of a horfe of the race of fcrimhofahme^ fupexior to a!l others; fultan of 
the burning mountain, and of the mountains gomtang^gmntangy which 
divide Pakmbang and Jamba ; who may flay at picafure, without being 
guilty of a crime J who is poffelTed of the elephant nnmed ^tttte dtwai 
who is vicegerent of heaven; fultan of the golden river; lord of the 
air and clouds i maftcr of a halli^ whofe pillars are of the ilirub j&Ut- 
tang • of gmdangs (drums) made of hollowed branches of the minute 
fhriibs pookai and Jechfosree j of the gQHg that refounds to the ikies ; (if 
the buftaloc named BimwoAng Sattee, whofe horns arc ten feet afundcr; 
of the unconquered cock, ^engomamieei of the coconut tree, whofe 
ama^ing height, and being infefted with fcfpents and other noxious rep* 
tiles, render it impoflible to be climbed; of the flower mv\\t6. fitne 
menjereey of ambrofial fcent ; whoj when he goes to fleep, wakes not 
till the^^»^^^ Jiobat founds ; one of whofe eyes is as the fun, and the 
other as the moon,****-»-^To his furbjefe declares this his will. Sec,""* 
Probably 
• The fdirowinjj Lettiet firutn the fulbm o£ Mtniu^c4t^(nv tp tht father of the pre feat {uhap. 
ot M^9 Mdi&i and appareiitty wiiitea aboat BSty ycart ago, wai cammunicated to me by AteS;- 
ander Dalryninple, Efq, and though It is in j>art ;i repttiuon, I cftcera it loo curious to hefitacc 
about mfcning tt. The ^i\cn much more raiionaj man tnat of tnc fgrcijoiBg. 
" Praiftrd be Almfghty God ! Stttfan Gaggar ARftm the great atid noble King, v.liofc cxtcnfive 
p^wcr rcacheth Tittto ibe limits of die wide ocean i unto whom Got! grants whatever he dcCrcs, 
over whoiBi no evil fpirit, *idr even Saean himfcif hai any uiflufnce ; who is invtfted with an 
mtthorfty ro punt (h evil li Mrs ; and ha* the nioft tender heart in the liip^^ort of the innocent j 
has no maKce in his mind, biTi prefer\'cilt the righteous wiih the greateft reverence, and nourlfii- 
«th the poor and needy, feeding tiiem daily from hf* ov«j table* His authority rcachcth over tlie 
whole uinvcrfe, and his candour and gciodncf& is known lo all men, (Mcntioa made of the three 
brothers ) The embaJikdor of God and his prophet Mahomet j the beloved of mankind j an4 
ruler of the i (land called Ptrcho. At ill c time God made the heavens, the eaitb, the fun, the 
moon^ and even before Evil Spirits were cveiued, ihts fultan Ganger Allum had liis rclidence in 
the clouds i but when the woiid was habitabU, God gave him a bird called H^iftti, that had the 
gift of fpeech ; this he fcne do-A^n on eanh, to look bu^ for a fpot wheic he might eftablifli an 
inheritance, and the firJl place he alighted upon was the fertik iftand of Lancapifrit fituatcd be- 
tween Baiimbm and JaK-.hetf and from thence fprang'thc famous kingdom of Ma/tmcahu, wliich 
will be renowned and mighty until the Judgment Day. 
" Th\i Maba Rajah Dsorja n bleflcd wkh a long life, and an umntenroptcd courtc of profperitv, 
vJliCh hff mil fflsintain in the nanir, iiod through the gmce fif the holy prophet, to the end that 
God's 
