VISIT OP A PARTY OF ORAN# MINTIRA TO SINGAPORE. 335* 
Malays made for the shore. They had nearly reached it about 9 o’¬ 
clock at night, when, dreading that the boat would be dashed in pieces, 
the crew prepared to leap overboard, and wade or swim to the land. 
Tala and Pawang’s wife were afraid to do so, but his sister and Parufc 
her husband consenting, Pawang fastened them to himself by their 
waist bands, saying that they would live or die together, and then 
they all plunged into the waves. They sunk at once, for it was deep¬ 
er than they had believed, and, the bottom being a stiff mud, they 
never rose again. Next morning, the Malays, who had succeeded in 
reaching the shore, saw the boat still holding together, and, on going 
to it, they found Tala and Pawang’s wife alive in it. The surviovrs 
procured a boat, and arrived at Malacca on the evening of the next 
day. 
