Lagi lumpor jalan sĕmak
Sĕbab kasih maka-nya datang.”
[37] In Sel. Journ. vol. iii. No. 6, pp. 94, 95. [↑]
[38] Dissemurus platurus, Vieill. [↑]
[39] Haliætus leucogaster, Gm. [↑]
[40] An old Malay (in Selangor) once told me that the hornbill was the king of the birds until dispossessed by the eagle (Rajawali). If, as seems probable, the hornbill was taken as a substitute for the frigate-bird in places where the latter did not exist, this may be important. [↑]
[41] Argus giganteus, Temm. [↑]
[42] Corvus enca, Horsf., the Malay crow. [↑]
[43] I believe that a similar story exists in Siam, the Siamese, however, making turpentine play the part of the ink in the Malay story. [↑]