CONTENTS Preface Articles Arlo Griffiths Inscription of Sumatra II. Short epigraphs in old Javanese Juniator Tulius Stranded people Mythical narratives abaut the first inhabitants of Mentawai islands Svann Langguth Thinking in islands Portuguese perception of the Indonesia n archipelago and of sunda in early texts and charts Karl Anderbeck The malayic-speaking orang laut …