72 MARITIME CODE. 



" When the term of the watch shall expire, the persons 

 who are to be relieved shall deliver over charge to the persons 

 appointed to succeed them, and give notice thereof to every one, 

 and to the Muda-roudas." 



It is the duty of those who dress victuals (orangbertupei) (l) 

 to guard against accident by fire while a Prahn is at sea ; after 

 the victuals are dressed, the fire shall be carefully extinguished; 

 and if any person neglects to do so, and the cooking place 

 takes fire, the Law is that after all the people in the Prahu 

 shall have put out the fire the person through whose neglect it 

 was occasioned shall be punished with two stripes from each 

 person in the Prahu, and his master shall be warned to be 

 more careful in future, in order that the servant may not be 

 guilty of such neglect again, for of all things fire is to be dreaded 

 at sea. 



If the person who is the cause of the fire is a slave, the 

 master shall be fined four paku pitis jawa ; if the master refuse 

 to pay, the slave shall be punished with four stripes " accord- 

 ing to the Macassar copy " and such punishment shall be in- 

 flicted at the Timba Ruang or place from which the Prahu is 

 baled out. 



The Law Bespecting Throwing Cargo over Board. 



" When there is a violent storm, and it may be necessary 

 to throw over board a part of the cargo for the safety of the 

 Prahu, a general consultation shall be held with respect to the 

 property in the Prahu, and those who have much and those 

 who have little must agree to throw over-board in proportion. 



" If the Nakhoda omits to assemble all those who are in- 

 terested, and the cargo is thrown over-board indiscriminately, 

 the fault shall be on the JSTakhoda of the Prahu, for such is 

 not the custom. 



Of Prahus Punning Foul of each Other. 



' ' If a Prahu runs foul of a guard or armed vessel, in which 

 case they arc liable to forfeit their lives, the offence may be 

 compounded by each person on board the Prahu paying such 

 sum as a ransom for life as may be agreed upon ; each paying 

 alike whether slaves or not slaves, rich or poor, young men or 

 women, and one not more than another. 



(1) ff tupei^ cooking-place.— D .F. A. H. 



