(Taking  useless  trouble.)

Cows  consort  with  cows,
and  horses  with  horses.
("  Birds  of  a  feather  flock  together.")

If  you  talk  of  a  man,  his
shadow  will  fall  on  you.
/    "  Talk  of  the  Devil,  and  he'll  ap-\
Vpear."  ;

Cross  the  whole  world,
and  you  will  find  no
demons.
(There  is  kindness   to  be  found  \
everywhere.  /

Calamities  come  from
below.
(It  is  not  enough  to  flatter  the  great.
You  must  ingratiate  yourself  with  the
underlings :  for  the  power  to  hurt  you
rests  chitfly  with  them.)


35.  Kiirashi,  conclusive  form  of  ktirai,  "dark;,"  conf.  pp.    121—2.
— 37.  Supply  1U0  iu. — 41.  Supply  okoru.
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^  449.  FRAGMENTS

OF.
CONVERSATION.
1.  The  Post. — Kesa,  yuhin  wa  kimasen  ka  P
He !     mairimasen,

Hale-na  I    Kim  no  asa  Hama  ye  dasKila  henji  ga  mo  ktiru
wake  da  ga

2.  An  Exhibition. — Tbnen  mo  Ueno  ni  hakiirankwai  ga
arimashb  ka  ?

Ikaga  desho  ka  P     Tonio  uwasa  wo  kikimasen.
3.  A  Request. — Dekiru  nara^  kyb-jU  ni  korc  wo  uisusKite
kudasai,

Domo  !  so  wa  ikimasen.
4.  Engaging  a  Teacher.  — Ddzo  yoi  shisho  ivo  sagashile
kudasai.
Mi-aiari  shidai,  isureie  viairimasho,

5.  What  Salary  .? — Hilo-isuki  no  sharei  wa,  dono  kurai
yaliara  yokarb  ?

Ma  !  jushi-go-en  'dejiihun  de  gozaimashb,

I.  For  "yes,"  where  "no"  would  seem  more  natural,  see  T  37^i
pp.  235*6.  Hama  is  a  familiar  abbreviation  for  Yokohama.  The  last
line  of  the  Japanese  text  is  extremely  concise  : — Hama  ye  dashlta  henji
may  be  best  cpnstrued  by  expanding  it  tQ  Hania  ye  dashlta  tegami  no


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TRANSLATION.
1.  The  Post. — Have  no  letters  come  this  morning?
No,  none  have  come.
