"66 MALAY PKOVEKBS. 



273. Digantong tinggi direndam basalt. 



" Hanged up lie accepts his high position, clacked in a 

 pond he takes his wetting meekly." 



Said of an old retainer who will submit uncomplainingly 

 to any severity or oppression on the part of his master. 



274. Disuroh pergi dipanggil datang. 



" To go when told and come when hidden." 



To be at the beck and call of another. " Come and he 

 eometh, do this and he doeth it." Two of the duties of a 

 ryot to his Punghulu as laid down in the Menangkabau Code. 



275. Dikokah di menampal pipi. 

 Dibakar di melilit puntong. 



" It smites the cheek of him who bites it ; 



It twists itself round the brand that would consume it." 



The ill treatment or oppression of a slave or dependent by 

 his master reacts on the oppressor, just as some tough sub- 

 stance, when it gives way, will fly back in the face of him 

 who drags it with his teeth, or as something not easily in- 

 flammable, like hide for instance, will curl in the flames till 

 it encircles, perhaps, one of the brands which feeds them. 



276. Dengar kata enggang mnlcan hw>h kaluluh 

 Dengar kata orang tersorak ka-lubu/t. 



" To listen to the call of the enggang is to eat fallen fruit ; 

 to heed what people say is to shout into a pool." 



It is worse than useless to pay attention to rumour. 



Enggang. The rhinoceros-bird. Buceros. Sec No. 1. 



277. Seperti pipit menelan jagong. 



" Like a sparrow swallowing a grain of maize." " Too much 

 for him." A poor man must not aspire to a rich man's 

 daughter. 



278. Seperti bras Icwmbah dijual la'laku, ditanak ta'mual. 



" Like spoilt rice which will fetch nothing if sold and will 

 not swell when boiled. 



•'Good for nothing," See No. 9. 



