owned by GJ. Grashuis; donated by W. Nijhoff (1935). The complete title is Boekoe Tjarita adat doeloe doeloe darie lain lain desa dan sawa dan jalanja bagimana njang die padjekan njang Soeda kajalanan die Negrie poelo Madura', the text, ff. 2v-8r, is an account, concerning government servants (mantrie, loerah, perdjoerit, pangoeloe kepala kajaban, kepala gedong etc.) under the sultanate, their income etc.

779. Cod.Or. 6712 48 ff.; different kinds of paper; on f. 48v it is stated: a) that these are MSS used at native schools in the Residency Padang Highlands, b) that they were received from the Minister of Colonial Affairs on 9 April 1864; formerly owned by Grashuis (Van Ronkel 1941, p. 408); donated by Nijhoff; I ff. 1-32: Hikayat Raja Jumjumah; European laid paper; no. wm.; 23'A x 20 cm.; 16 lines per p.; neat writing; text only on recto pp.; on verso pp. notes in Dutch; II ff. 34-39: Kaba Tuanku Urang Mudo\ Minangkabau; Dutch laid paper; wm. Eendracht with AR; 20 x 16 cm.; 19 lines per p.; fine writing; an episode of Kaba Cindue Mato (the love between Cindue Mato and Puti Bungsu); III ff. 40v-41r: Kaba Tuanku Raja Tuo\ Minangkabau; an episode from Kaba Gombang Unggèh Bamban; IV ff. 42v-47r: Cerita kanak-kanak; 3 stories written in Batavia Malay, probably by a European; 1. ff. 42v-43r: the story of a boy who steals the ring of a merchant and loses it in the river; it is found by a fisherman in the stomach of a fish; the boy is hanged for his crime; 2. ff. 44v-45r: the story of a blind man and a deaf man who find silver coins in a hole in their house; 3. ff. 46v-47r: the story of an orphan who is spurned by a ship’s captain but is adopted as a son by a jeweller; he goes into business, becomes rich, and buys the house of the captain. The stories are dated 26 May 1862.