Art. IV—Short Account of the Malay Manuscripts belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society

No 1 (large folio of 460 pages) contains the About the hero see Malayan Annals, translated by Leyden, chapters xiv. and xvi. A small extract is found in Crawfurd's “History of the Indian Archipelago,” ii. p. 51. Manuscripts of this work, the text of which might be available, are in the possession of Mr. J. Pijnappel, at Leyden; and of Mr. E. Netscher, at Riyow. The last chapters of this tale are found in No. 2607 of the manuscripts of the India Office, commencing with that part where the king of Mălaka intends to make one of his sons king on Mount Siguntang. This composition is very interesting, as it exhibits a faithful picture of Malay life, and is written in genuine Malay. No. 2 (large folio of 288 pages; the last four pages are filled up with doggrel rhymes by some transcriber).