never more than two, en d . seldom, more : than one.' . Same of. the' B û g i s words bear
strong evidence o f Hindu origin, ' as.. s ó d a front ! s ó n a , gold'; p a r â m a . from b r a h m a ,
fire; which is not at all the case with the M a k a s a r .
L a G /d ig a , the rep n fed .so a o f S a m i r a G â d i n g , is.considered.the au th o r • o f the.history
o f S o m i r a -G a d in g , which* is a k in d o f heroic poem, and is read ,4n a chaunting Voice,
with a pause a t th e end o f every fifth syllable; u T h e measure consists .of a .'dactyUjfol-
lowed.by a trochee, as.Sâwïrâ G âd tn g to Malampöa, Ç S a w ir a G â d i n g th e g reat).’-,! H e
is th e onhyt.author whose name ,is .commonly ,known ; and a ll books, even the most
modern, wlpch are written in .the same;manner, a re called after..him G d i g a , although,
p ro p erly speaking, „the term, should onlyi.be ap p lied to'.thehistory. o f the heroes who are
supposed to have lived previous to th e seven g e n e ra tio risio f, anarchy w h ic h subsisted
a t B o n i . S u l ta n a Z a e n a h Z a k e y a t U d iu , .the .seventeenth..SQV,erejgnp.al; subse?
q u en t to th e anarchy, is said to have written a n historica containing .the ex-,
ploits of. a ll th e .sovereigns o f fivT~»tli&xeign .of M â t a S e - S â m p o , 4 he; m e n û r o h \ óf
M a l û j a m , down to h e r own tim e^ but a t is np t.to he p ro cu red onithe iweptèrm’â d e ioS
Celebes. I t appears,.however,: th a t every Hdgis family o f h ig h . ran k ’ possesses a very
authentic history o f th a t period, collected from tbereGo rd s of. th e cour.t;of,Hönt’. -,
The' author'of the R u p â m a is not known, nor indeed, .is .the name o f. any, J1d a k d s a r
author known. The R u p â m a is considered by the B i j ig i s , as well, as the M a k â s a r s , td
be o f equal antiquity with t h e S a w i r a G â d in g . . Uppie® qf^bothsthese -works have been
obtained.
In the, account. giy en )>y D r . L eyden, in his valuable paper on'the Hindo-,Chinese;
nations,* upwards o f fifty literary compositions in thé language o f this country are enumerated,
most Of which serve either to celebrate the deeds o f their -national, hej&S^ev
are o f an amatory character. Besides these they possess codes, o f laws,., or ràtbéP customs,
said to be-.of considerable antiquity. The K o r a n has been translated • into the B û g i s
language. .Thé use o f rhyme is much less freqùent-than àinbng. the M a l â y u s ; and it
has been observed by Dr. Leyden, that “ the melody o f the vèrse-Jdepends on thé
w rhythm, and the measure o f some .of the historical poems has in this.respect cónai-
^ derable similarity to some o f the specimens o f Sanscrit-verse.” . The'. B û g i s .songs
are very numerous, and in high estimation throughout thé Archipelago. B
They have no books on science, philosophy, or astronomy. The only stars they are
acquainted with, are Jupiter (called P e l d i ) , the Pléiades (called fF&'ong P ô r o n g ) , S i
rius and Orion ( J â n g ’a n J â n g ' a n , or the Fowl), the Gréât Bear { J a n g a J orçg’qyo),.N avis
(B e l i k a ip o n ), and Antares (L a m b â r o ) . They, navigate their p r t th u s , b f these stars,
some o f which.must always be in sight, i f the weather be clear.
The M à k â s a r s use the Mahometan names- for the months. The B û g i s divide, their,
year o f three hundred.and sixty-five days into twelve months, beginning on.our sixteenth
o f May. Whether this division- o f the year has taken place* since the arrival
o f Europeans or not, is uncertain ; but it is more, than probable it }ms, as, with all-this
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