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To make professions of assistance, but realty to take ad- 

 ventage of the misfortunes of the person in want of it. 



Malays who follow up a tiger which has carried o ff a 

 buffalo, cut the throat of the latter, if it is still alive , in 

 order to he able to eat the meat. 



188. Manis midutnia berchakap, 



Seperti santan manisan, didalamniija pah it bagei ham- 

 per! u. 



" The mouth speaks sweet things, like sweetmeats made 

 with cocoanut, but inside there is bitterness as of gall." 

 Hypocrisy. "Lingua susurronis est pejor felle draconis." 



189. Membuat baik Had a dipuji, 

 Membuat jahat tiada dikeji. 



" If he does well no one praises him, 

 If he does wrong no one despises him." 



Said of the condition of a slave in the household of a 

 Malay raja or chief. 



190. Menyaladang bagei panas dipadang. 



" Stretching away like a plain lit up by the sun." 



An illustration of the even justice which should be the 

 measure of a man's dealings with his neighbour. To run 

 over your neighbour's rice field and to pick } r our way over 

 your own (say the Perak Malays) is like the unequal light in 

 a thicket, not like the broad blaze of sunlight in the plain, 



(Ladang orang berlari-lari, ladang hita ber-jangkei-jangkei.) 



Not a bad illustration of the Christian maxim " Do as you 

 would be done by." 



191. Nafsu-nafii Raja dimata Sultan dihati. 



'•The desires are a raja in the eyes and a Sultan in the 

 heart." 



Compare No. 10, " Ikut kit I mati, ikut rasa binassa." 



192. Handak masak langsong hcmgus. 



" Intending to cook food, to go and burn it." 

 To spoil any undertaking by excessive zeal. 



