108 REMBAU HISTORY, ETC. 
No. SAYING. | TRANSLATION. 
XXIII Takeh kaiu Batin Jenang, The Batin Jenang blazed the tree, 
putus tebus kapada Undang, | the sale to the Undang is sealed, 
jangka berilak, _ the measure is_ stretched, 
lantak bertukul, _ the boundary posts are beaten, 
émas bertahil. the gold counted out. 
XXIV | 
Sa-bingkah tanah yang terbalik, A clod of earth upturned, 
sa-'lel, akar yang putus, sa- a trail of liana snapped, 
batang kaiu yang rebah _ a single tree felled. 
XXXKV . 
Gédang sama gédang, Great. with eee 
kechil sama kechil, | small with small, 
ka-luak sama turun, _ together climb the hill, 
ka-bukit sama ’daki, together descend to the valley 
terjun sama basah, | bathe in the same stream, 
melompat sama patah, fall at the same fence, 
chichir sama rugl, dapat sama, share the loss, and part the gain. 
laba. ) 
XXVI | ; 
Dudok dengan aturun kechil| Small matters are the place for arbi- 
nama mépakat: besar nama’ tration, great for the application 
Adat: gedang, bernama pesaka’ of custom, the most weighty for 
sembah. | ancient ancestral right. 
XXVIT 
Pegawai pada Undang, tongkat) Officers of the Undang, props to the 
sokong pada lembaga. | lembaga. 
KOVAL. | 
‘Tongkat ka- bukit, A staff up the hill, 
apong ka-laut, | a raft at sea, 
suloh ka-darat, a torch inland. 
XXIX wy 
Aturan ibu-bapa didalam anak-|These are the prescribed rights of 
buah nia: the elder in relation to his tribes- 
satu ekor kambing adat-nia;dan; folk: his fee is a single goat, and 
pakaian tilam terbujor, bantal| — his ceremonial the mattress spread, 
