82 MALAY PROYERBS. 



270 &%* u^ l$*J. A* ^jV^^ *i# &* <*^* 

 Hiking bini bulili di-chahari, hilang budi badan clielaka. 



" A lost wife may be replaced, but if character is lost the body 

 "is ruined." Kl. 145. 



271 dja- OjjIs I*- h\ OjJla £* ^b dja. ^1 U- d*il /tfel ,« 



Ferny enggang itu amas enggang juga, dan gang patut itu sama 

 patut jug a. 

 "The hornbill with the hornbill and each with what suits it." 

 " Like to like." See supra No. 6. 



272 oLt^-^j* p-jxSs-ho^ vs^ta iUjsrjcxi 



Ya^ di-kejar tiada dapat dan gang di-handong ber-chichir-an. 

 "He did not get what he was running after and dropped his 

 tl purse into the bargain." Kl. 3. Kal. & Dam. 84*. 



The substance is better than the shadow and it is idiotic to lose the former 

 in an attempt to get the latter. Duos qui seguitvr lepores neutrum capit. 



The Perak version is : Di-terham ta'dtvpat, yang di-handong ber-chicliir. 



Yang di-handong, lit., "that which is carried at the waist" i.e., money or 

 valuables carried in a belt or in a fold of a sarong. 



This is the usual Malay substitute for a purse ; the contents are somewhat 

 liable to fall out if the dress is disarranged in running or fighting, &c. 



The sentences which have been omitted will be found in Favre's Dic- 

 tionary ( Malais-Francais ) under the following words : — Kuda ( compare M. 

 No. 185 ) ; hudong ; hudis; gajah; gali ( see M. No. 58.^); geruh ; twnpul ; tumbvli ; 

 tcmbihar ; teriah ; dengar ; nali ; puhul ; palita :■; buhu ; burong ; niamah ; 

 lihas ; lintah ; and sungei. 



I take the opportunity here of acknowledging the assistance given to me 

 in preparing this paper for the press by Munshi Muhammad Sa'id, Singa- 

 pore, and Munshi Muhammad J 'afar, Malacca. 



W. E. M. 



