MALAY PROVERBS. 



BY W. E. MAXWELL. 



198. Hidop dikandong adat mati dikandong tanali. 



" In life we are encompassed by regulations, in death by 

 the mould of the grave." 



An expression of submission, humility or resignation. 

 Quoted when deferring to the order of a superior e. g. by a 

 ryot on hearing the sentence or decision of a raja or chief. 



199. Hujan mas di negri orang, 

 Hujan batu di negri sendiri, 

 Baik juga di negri sendiri. 



" Though it rain gold in the land of strangers and stone 

 in our own, yet is it better to be in our own country." 



Chaque oiseau trouve son nid beau. 

 There is no place like home. 



Patrice fumus igne oMeno luculentior, 



200. Haraplcan Si Untut menggamit Jcain Jcoyak di wpahkan. 



" Trust the man who has elephantiasis to do anything ! 

 Why you must pay him even to pick up a torn garment ! " 



Persons afflicted with elephantiasis ( a disease not uncom- 

 mon in Malay countries ) are proverbial among Malays for 

 extreme laziness. 



Menggamit, I take to mean here to pick up with the fing- 

 ers, but it might also mean in this context to "put the 

 fingers through" the hole in a torn garment and to tear it 

 more. Gamit means literally to beckon with the hand. 



