JELEBU CTSTOMAKY SONGS AND SAYINGS. ■} 



Goats are wont to bleat. 



Buffaloes to low, 



Cocks to crow. 



Magpie-robins to whistle. 



Chiefs to administer customary law. 



Religious authorities Muhamadan law. 



Captains to make raids. 



Trainers to fly cocking-cocks. 



Traders to finger weights and measures, 



Women to be busy with cotton and thread. 



The king carries out his justice, 



The chief his law. 



The tribal headman his ancestral rights, 



The inheritors their entail. 



Heads of families their custom, 



The bride's kin their sworn profession, 



The husband his conventions. 



A king is sacrosanct. 



A chief honourable. 



A king issues mandate.-. 



A chief commands. 



A king is God's deputy. 



A chief his tribe's 1 . 



The powers of a chief are wide, 



The powers of a tribal headman restricted. 



A king has his royal annals, 



A chief his genealogical tree. 



A tribal headman his song of origin. 



The king is sacrosanct within his realm, 

 The chief receives recognition within his tribes, 

 The heads of families "within their dependants, 

 Common folks in their own homes. 



Slaves can offend against their masters, 

 Pupils against their teachers, 

 Children against parents, 

 "Wives against husbands. 



We lift our hands high in homage to execute the 



king's mandates. 

 We put our shoulders to carry out a chief's commands. 



The greatness of men lies in taking counsel together; 

 The greatness of prophets in performing miracles. 

 As a bamboo conduit makes a round jet of water, 

 So taking counsel together rounds men to one mind. 



i Or ? ''rules his tribe. ' ' 

 R. A. Soc, No. 78. 



