50 .M.VLAI PROVERBS, 



97 ^-'Jj'j cJ^J* ^ •"^ 1/ ii^ ^r^ {jtW yy d^j*^ y^r 

 Jikalau xa-pulion kayu banialc akar-nia lagi tegoh apa-kah 



di-takut-kan ribut. 



" If a. limber-tree has many roots and is firm, why should the 

 '• tempest, be dreaded." Kl. 103. Hk. Ab. 163. 



A man who through his family connections ha s many friends and followers 

 'and who is himself a man of strength of character, can afford to face all ordinary 

 political storms. 



98 l_*j^U Ajuji r^l* (#*-*•* y*^ 



Jikalau me nam pi janr/an iumpali padi-nia. 

 " I£ you are winnowing, take care that the grain does not go 

 " away with the chaff." KL 106. 



A general injunction to caution in performing any duty. 



Jual sutra bPii mastuli. 



" To sell silk and buy a better stuff." (Marsden). 

 To improve one*s position. To get rid of the worse and get the better, e . y., 

 bo put away a concubine and take a wife. 



T have ventured to reverse Marsdex "s interpretation. 



LOO *xlj'l* Ji« jb dja. i£j*y» 



Juhari juga gang mengenal manikan. 



" It is the jeweller who can tell a gem.'" Kl. 101. Hk. Ab. 3. 

 Every one knows his own trade best. 

 < lompare the Hindustani proverb : — 



"Juhari juhar pachane." 



See Journal (Straits Branch) R. A. S., Xo, 3, p. 46. 



lot &jj\ tf ^w- ^u 



Chachiug men-jadi ular nag a, 

 " The worm has become a dragon/' Hk. Ab. 4. 

 Figurative expression used of the growth of Singapore in the "Hakayat 

 Abdullah." See*v/;ra Nos. 21 and 66. 



