MARITIME CODE. 71 



" As it is the duty of the Muda-mudas to superintend the 

 men on watch, let them be careful that they perform their 

 duty; for if any vessel drifts or runs on shore on any coasts or 

 point of Land in consequence of the fault of the Muda-mudas, 

 who neglect to superintend the people on watch, it is the Law 

 that the Muda-mudas in such case shall be punished and find 

 according to their ability ; with respect to the people on watch, 

 they shall be punished with twenty stripes each." 



" If the Prahu drift from lieu anchorage, and approaches 

 near the shore and the persons on watch are not aware of it, 

 they shall be punished with eighty stripes each." 



" If the persons on watch alloys Prahus to pass without 

 hailing them," or according to the Macassar copy, " allow the 

 people in other Prahus to hail first, they shall be punished 

 with seven stripes each." — By that of Macassar the orang 

 Muda-mudas shall also, in such cases, be liable to similar pun- 

 ishment, as is directed ixi the event of slaves absconding from 

 a Prahu, which in the Malacca copy is as follows. 



It is the duty of the person on watch to superintend and 

 watch over all the slaves in the Prahu, in order to prevent their 

 absconding. In this duty, as well as in all others they shall 

 be superintended by the Muda-mudas. If, therefore, a slave at 

 any time absconds from a Prahu, it shall be the duty of the 

 Muda-mudas to find out the person who is to blame ; and the 

 person who is so found out shall be punished with sixty stripes." 

 The Macassar copy states, "he shall be answerable for and 

 make good his value. 



"It is the duty of the person on watch, to see that the 

 vessel is properly baled out: if therefore too much water is at 

 any time allowed to remain, the persons who are on the watch 

 at the time shall be punished with fifteen stripes each." 



" If the persons on watch do not keep a good look out, 

 and any thing is stolen from the Prahu, they shall be punished 

 with two stripes from every person in the Prahu." 



"It is the usage that persons on watch shall each be al- 

 lowed convenience for smoking opium, in order that they 

 may not fall asleep during the time it is necessary for them to 

 keep watch." 



