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2i8 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VII,
So Budak Void Intoie came down from the house, and
when he had reached the lowest step Bonsu Jangkah Kenua
aimed a blow at him with his sword ; but Budak Void Intoie
leapt aside, and Jangkah Benua's sword cut the step in two.
Thus they fought, but Budak Void Intoie did not attack and
avoided the blows of Jangkah Benua's sword ; when he smote
low. jumping high; when he smote high, bending low.
At last Budak Void Intoie leant against a tree, and
Jangkah Benua stabbed at him and broke his sword in the
tree as Budak Yoid Intoie jumped aside. Next he took a
keris, and that also broke against a tree: and then in turn a
sundang, a lamaug, a tumbok lada, a golok, a badek 1 . and a gun,
but each in turn became useless.
Then he took a cannon and fired at Budak Yoid Intoie for
seven days and seven nights, so that the village and everything
in it was destroyed.
After this Bonsu Jangkah Benua had no more weapons
left, and the fight stopped. Budak Yoid Intoie up till this time
having made no attack.
Then Budak Yoid Intoie began to dance the war dance
(Malay, gayong), and made a feint at Jangkah Benua; but the
latter taunted him, asking him how he expected to kill a man
with a sword the size of a rice-leaf. Again Budak Yoid Intoie
made a feint
taunted him.
at Jangkah Benua, and again Jangkah Benua
Then said Budak Yoid Intoie, " I have made
two feints at you. if I make another just see if you don't
remember it !" and he made another feint at him from far off.
But Jangkah Benua continued to jeer at him, saying, " You
fool, how can you expect to reach me with your sword from
such a distance !" " If you don't believe that I have touched
you." said Budak Yoid Intoie. "just bow your head," and on
Jangkah Henna's doing so, his head fell off, and he died.
Then Budak Yoid Intoie collected all Jangkah Benua's
weapons, and those which were bent became straight, and
those which were broken became whole.
Next he brought Jangkah Benua to life again, and gave
him back his weapons, and sent him away in his ship.
] Budak Void Intoie then goes through exactly similar
adventures at the courts of tuo other Rajas to whose hatliing-places
the dragon's head drifts, and marries his two remaining followers
to their daughters just as he married Rah Serpik to that ; of the
'
first Raja.]
Different kinds of swords, knives, and daggers.