1. A single-bladed Sword (pedang pemanchor). 2. The Long K'ris (k'ris panjang, penyalang), used for executions. 3. The royal Lances (tombak bendrang). 4. The royal Umbrella (payong kabesaran). 5. The royal Standard and Pennants (tunggul ular-ular). 6. The royal Ceiling-cloth and Hangings (tabir, langit-langit dewangga). 7. The "Moving Mountains" (gunong dua berangkat), perhaps the names of two peaked pillows. 8. The royal Drums (gendang naubat); said to be "headed" with the skins of lice (kulit tuma) and to emit a single chord of twelve tones when struck (dua-b'las bunyi sakali di-pukol). 9. The royal Trumpet (lempiri or | nempiri). | Each of these was also said to 10. The royal Gong. | emit a single chord of twelve 11. The royal Guitar (kechapi). | notes. 12. The royal rebab or Malay fiddle. This latter peculiarity (of the multiplication of notes) is quite in accordance with the traditions of the king's musical instruments in Malay romances. Thus of Raja Donan's magic flute we are told, "The first time (that he sounded it), the flute gave forth the sounds of twelve instruments, the second time it played as if twenty-four instruments were being sounded, and the third time it played like thirty-six different instruments." No wonder we are told that "the Princesses Che Ambong and Che Muda dissolved in tears, and the music had to be stopped." [55] My informant declared that these objects came into existence of themselves (terjali sendiri), at a spot between the two peaks of a burning mountain (gunong merapi) in the country of Menangkabau in Sumatra. He also averred that "rain could not rot them nor sun blister them," and that any one who "brushed past them" (di-lintas) would fall to the ground; [56] whilst no fewer than seven buffaloes have to be slaughtered before the "moving mountains" (when worn out) can be replaced. [57] An enumeration of the writer's regalia often forms an important part of a letter from one Malay sovereign to another, more especially when the writer wishes to emphasise his importance. [58] But the extraordinary strength of the Malay belief in the supernatural powers of the regalia of their sovereigns can only be thoroughly realised after a study of their romances, in which their kings are credited with all the attributes of inferior gods, whose birth, as indeed every subsequent act of their after life, is attended by the most amazing prodigies.