MALAY SLAVERY LAW: 2Q7's 
by mistake, the slayer shall pay a fine to the amount of twice 
the value of the slave. 
‘Tf a free man strike a slave and the slave stab and kill him 
in return, he shall be deemed to have committed no offence. 
‘Tf.a free man give abusive language to the wife of a slave 
and the slave in rcanra kill the free man, it shall be deemed no 
offence, for it 1s written that no married woman shall be 
made light of; thisis the law of custom, but by the law of God 
whoever kills shall himself be killed. 
The Discipline and Rules to be observed at sea. 
If a slave escape from on board the slup, the officer keep- 
ing the watch shall be compelled to make good his price and 
the watchmen on duty shall be puuished acl sixty strokes 
of a rattan. 
Tf the slave of sy one on board the ship be guilty of burning 
or destroying the ship’s ladder, his master a all be fined four 
strings of the small coins of Java and the slave receive for ty 
stripes. 
