42 MALAY PE0VEEBS. 



297. - Terdorong Jciki badan merasa, terdorong lidah mas 



pada nia, 



"If the foot slips the body feels it; for a slip of the 

 tongue gold must compensate." 



One of the aphorisms of Malay judges. 



298. Rajah adil rajah di sembah, 

 Rajah UCadil rajah di sangkaJc. 



"A just rajah is one to be honoured. 

 An unjust one is one to be resisted." 



299. Kuat burong kerna sayap, 

 Kuat Mlam kerna sVpii. 



" The bird's strength lies in its wings, that of the crap 

 in its claws." 



The strength of a Eaja lies in his ministers. 



300. Kuat gajah terdorong chepat, 

 Harimau melompat-lompat. 



" The strong elephant stumbles and the swift tiger has 

 to spring." 



If the elephant and tiger sometimes blunder, how much 

 more should faults be excusable in man. 



301. Mati rusa kerna jijak mati, kioang kerna bunyi. 



"The deer's death is brought about by its tracks; the 

 argus-pheasant's by its note." 



So the guilty man is discovered and punished by means 

 of evidence. 



There are a few points on which I should like to offer some 

 words of explanation before concluding this paper. It is believed 

 that no phrase has been included in the foregoing collection 

 which is not current in a more or less proverbial form among 

 Malays. Many of them, I am aware, hardly answer the 

 description of an old collector of English proverbs who 

 required that the ingredients of a proverb should be sense, 

 shortness and salt. The second element seems often to be 



