nferior ranks of People, which they
will rather dye than do. If any thing be stole out of their grounds or
Plantations fruit or the like, they will cry out aloud, This was done
by some low-cast begotten Rogue, or She was a whore to some inferior
rank who dressed it; and this Language they will continue for half
an hour together, tho they know not who hath done it. The worst word
they use to Whites and Christians, is to call them Beaf-eating Slaves.

I shall conclude this Discourse of their Language, by giving you a
tast of their Proverbs, some hints of the strain of their Speech.

[Proverbs.] Miris dilah, ingurah gotta. I have given Pepper, and got
Ginger. Spoken when a man makes a bad exchange. And they use it in
reference to the Dutch succeeding the Portugueze in their Island.

Datta horrala Badda perind. Pick your Teeth to fill your Belly. Spoken
of stingy niggardly People.

Caula yonawa ruah atti. To eat before you go forth is handsom and
convenient. Which they therefore ever do.

Kiallah tiannah, Degery illand avah oppala hanguand mordy, As
the saying is, if I come to beg Butter-milk, why should I hide my
Pan. Which is ordinarily spoken to introduce the business that one
man comes to speak to the other about.

Hingonna wellendam cor cottonwat geah par wardenda netta. A Begger
and a Trader cannot be lost. Because they are never out of their way.

Atting mitting delah hottarah harracurnowah. To lend to another makes
him become an Enemy. For he will hate you if you ask him for it again.

Annuna min yain ecka ourowaying younda eppa. Go not with a Slave in
one Boat. It signifies, to have no dealing or correspondence with any
ones Slave. For if any dammage should happen, it would fall upon your
head, and by their Law you must make it good.

Issara otting bollanowa pos cotting. First look in the hand, afterwards
open the mouth. Spoken of a Judge, who first must have a Bribe before
he will pronounce on their side.

Take a Ploughman from the Plough, and wash off his dirt, and he is fit
to rule a Kingdom. Spoken of the People of Cande Uda, where there are
such eminent Persons of the Hondrew rank; and because of the Civility,
Understanding, and Gravity of the poorest Men among them.

No body can reproach the King and the Beggar. Because the former is
above the slander of the People, and nothing can be said bad enough
of the latter:

Like Noia and Polonga. Denoting Irreconcileable Enemies. The story
of which two