C. O. Blagden in J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 29, pp. 1–3. ↑
8
C. O. Blagden in J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 29, pp. 4, 5. ↑
9
J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 2, p. 236. ↑
10
Selangor Journal, vol. ii. No. 6, p. 90, seqq. ↑
11
Ibid. vol. v. No. 19, p. 308. ↑
12
Infra, Chap. V. pp. 153, 163. ↑
13
The local Malacca tradition represents her as still haunting her original seat. She is said to
appear sometimes in the shape of an old woman with a cat, sometimes as a young and beautiful
girl dressed in silk. She can transform her cat into a tiger if people molest her. J.R.A.S., S.B.,
No. 24, pp. 165, 166; No. 32, pp. 213, 214. ↑
14
Tylor, Prim. Cult. vol. ii. p. 340. ↑
15
Tylor, Prim. Cult. vol. ii. p. 341. ↑
16
Vide supra, Chap. II. p. 42. ↑
17
Zabur is the Arabic for “psalm,” especially for the Psalms of David; but the connection here is
not very obvious. ↑
18
Another account derives the origin of incense from the eye gum of the Prophet Muhammad’s
eyes. ↑
19
Infra, Chap. VI. p. 410, infra. ↑
20
This rice is occasionally stained with other colours, e.g. red, green, black (vide pp. 416, 421,
infra.) ↑