to the south. After 12 days, he arrived at the port of Lucaantara, a peninsula or island 600 Spanish leagues in circumference. There he was received by the syahbandar (the king of the land was upriver in the interior, 8 days away), and stayed for several days. According to the itinerary of Chiaymasiouro, Lucaantara should be the general name for the peninsula, which has a distance of about 140 Spanish leagues from Blambangan. The account of Chiaymasiouro is as follows:Having equipped myself for travel and supplied myself with necessary requirements, I embarked with some companions in a kelulus or vessel provided with oars, and set out from the port of Blambangan towards the south. After a voyage lasting 12 days, I reached the port of Lucaantara; there I disembarked and was received by the syahbandar with demonstrations of pleasure. Being fatigued with the voyage, I was unable to see the King of Lucaantara, who was staying up-river in the Hinterland, eight days’ journey away. The King was advised of my arrival and presented me with some handfulls of gold coins resembling in appearance the gold “Venetian” of Venice. I was hospitably entertained as long as I remained in the country, and enjoyed the splendid freshness of the climate. I saw a considerable amount of gold, cloves, mace, white sandalwood, and other spices, as well as large quantities of foodstuffs of every kind which are produced in this country. The island of Lucaantara is as large as Java, in which Blambangan is situated. The people are Javanese, as in our own Java, though their language is somewhat different. They wear their hair hanging as far as the shoulder, while the head is girt with a fillet of hammered gold. The keris is ornamented with precious stones, like the keris with the curved scabbard in Bali. Speaking generally, the Javanese people of Lucaantara spend their whole time in sports and pastimes: they are especially addicted to cock-fighting. When it was time to start on our voyage, I requested the syahbandar to inform the King that the monsoon was now favourable for my return to my own country. Provided with a stock of necessaries, I set out from Lucaantara, and after a few days’ voyage arrived at the port of Blambangan, to the great astonishment of the whole of Java. — Letter of Chiaymasiouro, the king of Damuth, to the king of Pahang