gg SPECIMENS OF COMPOSITION. 



88. Abetcle ni ifocUu onidadio; notori abetele Id ile ise iddd^o otito. 

 Bribe ' it-is blinds judge ; for bribe not can do judgment of truth. 



A bribe blinds the judge, for a bribe cannot give a true judgment. 



89. Bi 6 kiiq oni kuq ola ki ogbe ki 6 kpa agiliti, odio k ro. 



If it rcmuim to-day remains to-morrow that thirst that will kill iguana, rain will fall. 

 If there remain to-day or to-morrow before the iguana will die of thirst, it will rain. — De- 

 signed to sliow the providence of God over bis creatures. 



90. Fi idi;^ fii Olorui) d^a; fi owo le eruq. 

 Gioe battle to God to-fight ; put hand upon temple. 



Leave the battle to God, and rest your temple on your hand (as a spectator).— That is trust 

 in God's providence. 



91. Tinotino, teliii)teliiq ni labaMba ifi iyiq fu Olorui). 



Within, without it-is butterfly gives praise to God. 



By its beauty, the butterfly praises God taithin and without, i. e. in all its parts. 



92. D^i agba oti, diii agba etii ; eni ti d raq wall, ki idi;i agba. 

 Open cask of rwn, open cask (A powder ; one whom they send to-come, not opens cask. 



Open the cask of rum, open the cask of powder (if yours) ; but Ac that is sent with it does not 

 open the cask. — The Yoruba carriers are remarkably faithful to their trust. 



93. Ogiii) ko ro ike, agbede ko ro bata; oko k6 soro ro, agbede k6 

 Ogun not works ivory, smithy not works leather; farm not is-hard to-till, the smithy not 



kpa ok6 t^. 



makes hoes to sell. 



Ogun does not work ivory, the smith does not work leather ; if the farm ivere not difficult io 

 cultivate, the smith would not make hoes to sell. — That is, every man to liis trade. 



94. 116 kdi) wa li Oyo ni igba atidio, ti a qkpe xVkidzo : oibo 



House one was in Katunga in time of antiquity, which they culled Silence: white-man 



kil mb^. 



died there. 



In old times there was a house in Katunga called Silence: a white man died there. 



95. O sure iku, o bo si ako Ida. 

 He fed death, he entered into scabbard of sword. 



He fled from the sword, and hid in the scabbard.—'' He leaped out of the frying-pan into the 

 fire." 



96. A ri ti eni mo iwi, i fi akpadi bo ti re mole. 



We see that one knows to-speak, he puts potsherd to-cover that of him up. 



We see that one knows how to speak (the ianlts of others), although he covers his own with a 

 potsherd. 



97. A ki igb4 tlkaka ]ow6 akiti; d ki igbi\ ile babd lowo eni. 



We not take squatting from baboon ; we not take house of father from one. 



We cannot cure a baboon of squatting (because it is natural to him) ; ive cannot take ih<: home- 

 stead from a man (because it is his by natural right). 



93. Ogiii) is the god of smitbs. 



04. Historical and othci- facts are frequently transmitted to posterity in proverbial sayings. 



96. Ti re, that of him, his. 



