A. TRANSLATION OF THE KEDDAH ANNALS. QiO 
the son of Bersiyong was in the house at the time, but his 
mother was in the belel garden ; and her parents were in the 
rice field. So Kamala Jauhari thrust her trunk into the 
house to take out the boy, and he seeing this movement and 
bein«- loosely clothed quickly wrapped around His loins the 
cloth of forty cubits in length which had belonged to his fathei. 
Jauhari then encircled him with her trunk, and placed him 
on her back in the howdah, and forthwith began to retrace 
her steps. The boy’s mother who had .hidden hersell through 
fear, no sooner found him gone, than she followed the foot¬ 
marks of the elephant, and she was kept on the right track 
by finding, here and there a piece of cloth, part of that long 
wrapper of her husband, which her son was teaiing up for 
the purpose of thus pointing out to her the way. 
The party returned safe, and were received amidst loud 
rejoicings. The mantris had the boy dressed quickly in 
royal robes; and they put on his head a crown ol gold set 
with precious stones, such as great Rajas were wont to 
appear in, all which much improved his otherwise handsome 
features and person. Then the mantris placed him in the 
seat formerly used by Raja Bersiyong. Then all the minis¬ 
ters and officers of state, and the whole people great and 
small, made obeisance to the young Raja, saying —Prosperity 
to your highness, may it ever be on the increase, may no 
accident interrupt the happy tenor of your highness s life, but 
in ay your graceful manners continue to impiove, and your 
countenance ever beam with happiness. Now all present 
were quite surprised at the readiness with which the boy 
assumed courtly manners, it seemed as if he had been accus¬ 
tomed to hold his court there. The mantris after this took 
hold of the boy’s bands, two on each side of him, and led him 
to the apartment of the putri. Raja Bersiyong s consort, who 
was delighted to find him so Ike Raja Reisijong, but when 
she and her attendants saw the cloto, part of which lie still 
retained, on his person, which Bersiyong used to wear, than 
they could not contain their joy. She then on finding that 
the boy’s mother had followed him, sent out some of her 
women to look for her. They found her below a large ban¬ 
yan tree close to the fort gate. The maid carried her to the 
queen, who said, come here my sister and sit near me, and tell 
me if this boy be your son. Replying affirmatively every 
attention and respect was paid to her. So the queen instruct¬ 
ed the youth in all the duties and behaviour required of him 
in his exalted station. The mantris also took him to the 
council, and to the audience chamber to learn how to govern. 
And when the youth had grown up one of the old mantris 
