HO MALAY PROVERB'S. 



Milk at the breast cannot be shirked. 



Responsibilities cannot be evaded. 



Elak ^Li J =to shirk ; to avoid ; to escape from. Though this 



word is of daily occurrence in colloquial Malay, I have not 

 met it in any Malay Dictionary now published. 



75 v^W* <&£ <3>^ y±&* <_JL** 



Si-apa meng-aku berak di-tengah jalan. 

 Who will confess to having committed a nuisance ? 

 i. e., Who will own to a disgraceful act ? 



S'ekor katak di-bawah tempurong di-sangka-kan tiada dunin 



iang lain. 



A frog beneath a coco-nut shell believes that there is no 

 other world. 



Applied to those who are unduly impressed with the im- 

 portance of themselves and their own immediate surrounding. 



77 ts-*-JUy ^y*** )^*y^ "j^W"*" - y.j^ jj^i? 4 * 



S'etcor kerbau mern-bawa* lump or samoa ter-palit. 

 One buffalo brings mud and all the herd are smeared with it 

 Evil example is quickly followed. 



Ibarat burong, mata lepas badan-nya ter-kurong. 



Like a bird whose eyes are at liberty to wander, but whose 

 body is in confinement. 



