I have inserted a short note on the verb[8] in the Appendix, and also a note on the Boloki method of counting.[9] But before closing this chapter I wish to write a few lines on the figurative mode of speaking which is peculiar to all Bantu languages, and by no means confined to the Boloki people. The phrases in italics are literal translations of the native terms for expressing their emotions, etc. Footnote 8: See Appendix, Note 2, p. 336. Footnote 9: See Appendix, Note 3, p. 339. When a native is worried his _heart is let down_, and should he have a choice of two equally pleasant things his _heart is pulled in opposite directions_; but when the heart has recovered its normal condition after some violent outbreak it is said _to be stopped_, or after some perturbing grief they say the _heart is stuck to the ribs_, as there are no longer any flutterings. A greedy, selfish person has a _heart of leaves_, and a person who is recklessly indifferent to all the consequences of his action has _lost his heart_, and one who is lying and treacherous in his ways has a _heart that has broken loose_, over which the owner has no proper control. Should you be kind enough to comfort a person in a great sorrow, your action will be described as _sticking the heart to the ribs_, and thus keeping it from moving about inside; or if you have soothed a person in distress you are regarded as having _pushed his heart down into its place_. When a person is irresolute in mind, and undecided as to the best course to pursue, he describes his state by saying, “_My heart is rolling from side to side_,” and the word used describes a canoe rocking in a storm. The moon, as its light begins to appear above the horizon, is said _to be kicking out with its legs_, and when it shows itself above the sky-line it is then _unstuck from the earth_. Sunset is called either _the sun has become black_, or _the sun has entered_, or _when the fowls go to roost_; and the Pleiades are spoken of as a _crowd of young women_; and the bright star Venus as it draws near the moon is named _the wife of the moon_. When you desire to warn a person you tell him _to throw his eyes about_, and a person who frowns is said _to tie his eyebrows_. A conceited person who wants the whole path to himself is scornfully asked, “_Did you plant the earth?_” (i.e. Did you create the world?), as though it were a pumpkin over which he had sole rights of ownership. A lad who gives an impertinent answer is described as having a _sharp mouth_, while one who is not good at repartee is looked upon as having _no mouth at all_.