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ESSAY III
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- Bugis: the edifying tale of King Injilai with the three moral tales of the executioners interwoven therewith, love songs, epigrams against cowardice, letters.
- Dayak: popular stories.
- Basa Sangiang: the songs at the festival of the dead.
- Modern Javanese : the history of the kingdom of Kediri, the historical drama Prabu Dewa Sukma.
- Kamberese: stories about animals, dancing songs, harvest songs, songs at house-building.
- Kupangese: the Story of the Fool.
- Rottinese: the play "Cock and Ape", wherein the characters are animals.
- Masaretese: stories about animals, historical legends, forms of oaths.
- Minangkabau: the popular tale Manjau Ari.
- Toba: the Contest of Sangmaima for the spear that was an heirloom.
- Karo: the Story of the Glutton.
- Gayo: the Legend of the Blue Princess. Small vignettes illustrating social life.
- Achinese: the Story of the Pelican.
- Mentaway: love dialogues,polite dialogues, conversations about the priepthood, medicine, custom, and law.
- Nias: popular tales, wedding songs, proverbs, the great heroic hymn of Lagemann.
- Malay: the famihar epic Bidasari, the historical romance Hang Tuah, Abdullah's Journey to Kelantan, etc.
- Hova: the ethical Testament of Umbiasa, the old funeral oration of Imerina, Rahidy's fables.
- Old Malagasy: Muhammadan sermons and prayers.
12. Justification of the choice of these texts. — By far the greater number of the selected texts are of an original and
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