A 20 ff.; exercise book; 21 x I6V2 cm.; 22 lines per p.; legible writing; the copying was finished at Talu on 22 August 1901; I ff. 3v-6v: Syair Sunur, by Syaikh Daud Sunur; II ff. 6 v-8r: Syair Perahu; Doorenbos 1933, pp. 16-21; III ff. 8r-10r: Syair Mekah; a passage of Syair Mekah dan Madinah, description of the town of Mecca; by Syaikh Daud Sunur; IV ff. 15r-10v: Inilah Sair Prahoe; a transliteration of II in Roman characters by H.T. Damsté. B Syair Sunur 8 pp.; wove paper; 22 x 17 cm.; 12 and 19 lines per p.; neat writing; the text, pp. 2-4, contains the beginning of Syair Sunur; enclosed a note by R. Roolvink to the effect that according to Voorhoeve and Damsté himself this fragment is a copy of a lithographed edition.

1179. Cod.Or. 8755 Wallet containing 7 items; Damsté coll. A Plakaat Pandjang 10 ff.; wove paper; 34 x 21V2 cm.; 36 lines per p.; Jawi and Roman characters (on two columns); legible writing (Jawi characters); copied from a copy of the proclamation issued by the Commissioner 1.1, van Sevenhoven and CJ. Riesz at Padang on 25 October 1833; in the possession of the district chief of Upper Kampar, who inherited it from Tuanku Radja Mantrie, former head of laras Upper Kampar. The text, ff. lv-6v, contains the well-known Plakaat Pandjang of 1833. B Sair nagri Taloe tarendam, 1890 20 ff.; European laid paper; wm. Elephant with GUTHRIE & CO; 21 x 17 cm.; 22 lines per p.; Roman characters; the writing was finished by Mohamad Tahir gelar Toeankoe nan Tjerdik (the author ?) at Talu on 22 July 1899. The text, ff. lr-20v, contains a narrative about the flood at Talu in 1890. C Gampa besar di negri Taloe 4 ff.; typing paper; 22 x 17 cm.; 21 lines per p.; typewritten in Roman characters; written by Mohamad Tahir gelar Toeankoe nan Tjerdik, laras-head of Talu.