270 MALAY SLAVERY LAW. 
Chapter the fifteenth—To declare the law regarding persons © 
who harbour runaway slaves.—Whosoever lives in the forest or 
in the country, or, @ fortiori, in a town must, if any runaway slave 
comes to him take him at once to the judge ; any one who fails to do so 
shall be punished, ifa male, by having his ears filipped (with rotan 
séga), and, if a woman, she shall have her head shaved and then be 
beaten with rotan manau. If the slave dies or escapes, the owner 
may sue the harbourer for his value and also for the calculated value 
of his work during the period that he was so harboured. According 
to one version of the customary law, he (the person harbouring the 
slave) may also be punished with stripes, even though he be a free- 
man. 
We now proceed to state the customary law regarding the redemp- 
tion of (recaptured) slaves who have runaway. If the slave escapes 
from within the fort and is recaptured within the limits of the 
town the reward is two kupang and the property which he takes 
with him may not be seized by the captor. Beyond the limits of 
the town (Pahang), that is to say, Kanchong down-stream and Sungei 
Lentang up-stream, the reward is 3 kupang and all that he carries 
with him such as knives, choppers and all small articles of trifling 
value may be seized and retained by the captor. 
Everything else must be restored to the master. 
Down the Pahang river. 
As far as Kwala, ire se ok smmals 
Trusan, ... 6 kupang 
xe Sp uebenchal:, vx. ... 2 mas, less 1 kupang. 
Bera, ae Pate Wee 
,  Meréchang, bE 
, Rampasan, 1 paha. 
es Panteian, ... 220 mas 
at. anda ete ... half a bungkal 
es a ifersang, oe: Sae2 mas 
- i sana, AS s Shalivastahulls 
* 1 amas=1 mayam. A Pahang kupang was 123 cents, there being only 
80 cents to a dollar. ; 
