“Eyes have no boundary.” Equivalent to the English saying: “A cat may
look at a king.”--[_Mauritius._]
[73] The Mauritian Creoles have adopted a marine word in lieu of the
French term _frontière_. “Balizaze” is the Creole form of the French
_balisage_, from _balise_, a sea mark, buoy--word adopted in our own
nautical technology. The term completely changes its meaning as well
as its spelling in Creole.
184. Macaque caresser iche li touop, lì fourrer doègt nans ziex li. (Le
macaque, en caressant trop son petit, lui a fourré le doigt dans l’œil.)
“By petting her young one too much, the monkey ends by poking her
finger into its eye.”--[_Trinidad._]