[46]. "Book of the Descent," Sir Hugh Low.—Journal of the Straits Branch of the R.A.S., No. 5.
[47]. Jewata is the Land-Dayak name of a god from the Sanskrit word dewata, divinity, deity, gods. The Sea-Dyaks also have Jewata in their mythology, likewise Batara, from the Sanskrit bhatar, holy; neither means God, as some writers appear to think. The Dayaks have no idea of theism.
[48]. The late Rajah has recorded a tradition of several of the Land-Dayak tribes that in the old times they were under the government of Java, and their tribute was regularly sent there.
[49]. The title assumed by the rulers of Majapahit, from "Bhatara," noted above.
[50]. According to Crawfurd. Sir Stamford Raffles gives 1475.
[51]. Formerly a monarchy whose jurisdiction comprehended all Sumatra, and whose sovereign was talked of with respect in the farthest parts of the East.—Marsden's History of Sumatra.
[52]. Lima is a small town on the north coast of Portugal.
[53]. Sir Hugh Low, Book of the Descent, op. cit.
[55]. A Collection of Voyages, 1729, Dampier.