264 IN MALAY FORESTS. 



to the British Resident and the District Officers. 

 When we were at lunch in the Sultan's boat, after 

 a tremendous catch of fish at the barricade, His 

 Highness pointed to the swarms of fry that sur- 

 rounded the kitchen boats, and, inverting the Malay 

 proverb, " Big fish eat little fish," said " Big fish die, 

 but little fish eat." 



