Who can tell the troubles of a person who suffers and 

 makes no .sign ? 



247. ZWa binasa kan la? da/pat. 



• ; The fa&a is spoilt, but no fish have been got.'' 



He Las come to the end of his capital without having 



accomplished hia obj ect. 



Klinkert gives a similar proverb, which is quoted in 

 Favre's dictionary (gub voce umpan), but the meaning given 



in the latter is not, I venture to think, the correct one. 



Habit umpan keruna-kerung tiada dapai. 



"The bait is all finished, hut no herung-kerung fish have 



he ell Caught." 



To have one'- trouble for nothing, 



£48. Tuah melambong tinggi, 

 Chelaka menimpa badan. 



•• Good luck has soared aloft and the body is weighed down 



by misfortune.'' 



Malays commonly ascribe success to good luck and have 



the firmest faith in lucky days, lucky marks, lucky animals 

 and lucky persons. The two lines above quoted are applied 

 proverbially to some one whose luck has abandoned him or 

 his family, and who is now experiencing the frowns of for- 

 tune. The phrase occurs in the Undang-wndang of Perak, 

 with a number of others inculcating the hopelessness of 

 avoiding predestined misfortune . 



Lamibong is an expression used for the start given to a 



kite by the person who launches it upwards. 



240. Ter-kejar-kejar bagei hutching jaioh ariak. 



••'Hunting about like a cat which has dropped a kitten. ;; 



•Said of the movements or a person who bustle- about in 



a flurried and excited manner', 



250. Turui lio.ii. yana gram kilxirw taunt timbul brani. 



■•If you give way to a fiery temper prudence disappears 



and boldness succeeds it." 



