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4. “ Toy ny mandry ampasikia, mora ama-mandry fa sarotra 
ama-mifoha.”— Like lying down in the sand—easy in 
lying down, but difficult in getting up. 
Used of one in whom you are easily induced to place 
dependence, but who injures rather than benefits. 
5. “ Handroso aho maty ray, mianotra aho maty reny.”— 
If I advance, my father is dead; if I return, mother is 
dead. 
That is. Calamity befalls me whatever step I take. I am 
sure to meet with misfortune. 
Hainteny; that is, Capabilities of words, or the beauties 
of the language. 
1. Well-fitted masonry, I arranged it, but it has been over¬ 
turned by some one; I raised the kiady, (notice not to enter 
premises,) this has been uprooted ; let the god who is above 
not long delay judgment, that he who has done me the wrong 
may repent. 
2. Don’t let your friendship for me be like striking iron, 
(fierce and violent,) fee if too much force be used, it snaps; 
don’t let your friendship be as unreeled (raw) cotton, soft and 
beautiful, but effecting nothing; do me kindness, and I’ll 
esteem you as a stone on one’s head, to be feared and respected ; 
treat me ill, and I’ll treat you as the pebbles placed on the 
mat when the rice is dried, which at midday are tossed away as 
valueless. 
3. Don’t be too high, for fear of the thunderbolt,—don’t be 
too low, for fear of being soiled; be moderate; moderation is 
best. The eggs of the kitsikitsikia are in the sides of the rock, 
(inaccessible,) the eggs of the tararaka are among the horon- 
drano, (a kind of grass,) easily found.—What I care little about 
is close at hand, obtained without difficulty : what I wish for is 
difficult to get. Moderation is a difficult thing. 
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