continuation of this text is in Cod.Or. 6086. Van Ronkel 1921, pp. 187-8, no. 455.

673. Cod.Or. 6086 Kaba Cindue Mato 289 ff.; Minangkabau; exercise book; 21 x 17 cm.; 24 lines per p.; same writing as Cod.Or. 6085; many words left blank as illegible in the original MS; corrections, variae lectiones and notes by Van Ophuysen; Van Ophuysen coll. The text contains the continuation of Cod.Or. 6085; a longer version. Van Ronkel 1921, pp. 187-8, no. 455.

674. Cod.Or. 6087 Kaba Malin Deman 315 pp.; Minangkabau; exercise book; 2V/i x 16'A cm.; 24 lines per p.; Roman characters; Van Ophuysen coll. The text begins in the middle of the story; apparently the original of which this MS is a transliteration was itself incomplete. Van Ronkel 1921, p. 192, no. 474.

675. Cod.Or. 6088 Kaba Cindue Mato 554 pp.; Minangkabau; Dutch laid paper; wm. Eendracht with VAN GELDER-, 20‘/2 x 17 cm.; 27 lines per p.; neat writing; the copying was finished on 24 Ramadhan 1298/ 20 August 1881; enclosed is a letter from Payakumbuh (signature of sender illegible) to Van der Toorn at Bukittinggi dated 27 December 1881, Van Ophuysen coll. A complete text; containing the most important Minangkabau epic, viz. the story of Cindue Mato, aide-de-camp of the young ruler of Minangkabau (Dang Tuanku), who with his horse Gumarang and the buffalo, Binuang, defeats robbers at Bukit Tambun Tulang; he abducts Puti Bungsu, daughter of Rajo Mudo of Sikelawi, who since her birth has been destined to be Dang Tuanku s consort but is now going to marry Imbang Jayo of Sungai Ngiang; Dang Tuanku marries Puti Bungsu and Cindue Mato marries Puti Lenggo Geni, daughter of Datuek Bandaharo of Sungai Tarab, therefore Imbang Jayo attacks Pagar Ruyueng but is defeated by Cindue Mato, who as a reward is installed as ruler of Inderapura; now the invulnerable Tuanku Tiang Bungkuk, father of Imbang Jayo, attacks Pagar Ruyueng; Dang Tuanku, his mother and his consort Puti Bungsu sail to heaven by ship; Cindue Mato is captured, has to serve Tiang