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man for hire, but it must not be one of the Crew that is so hir- 

 ed for wages, because no person can perform the duty of two. 

 If the Xakhoda cannot find a substitute, the wages shall re- 

 main in his hands, and he shall divide the sick man's share 

 of the cargo and property in the vessel among the rest of the 



CHAPTER III. 

 Of Persons who may be in distress on who mat have 



BEEN WRECKED AT SeA. 



Orang Karam, 



u These are the Laws relating to Persons who may be in 

 distress or suffer from hunger in consequence of a scarcity of 

 Rice and Padi in their Country." 



" If at a time when, in consequence of its having pleased the 

 Almighty to visit the Rajas and Nobles with dissensions, or 

 OTsing to a state of war there shall be great distress in any 

 country from the want of food, the poor and wretched shall say 

 to the rich, ' take us as your slaves, but give us to eat: } 

 and afterwards, the persons who have relieved them shall 

 be desirous of selling them when the Country has reco- 

 vered from its distress, it is the Law, that they shall give 

 notice therof to the Orang besar or principal people, and the 

 Magistrate shall direct that the parties be not sold, because 

 they were distressed at the time of the agreement ; the Ma- 

 gistrate shall, however, order that the person who provided the 

 food shall have a claim on the person who received it to the 

 extent of one half of the amount of his value." 



"If a Slave is not provided with food by his master, the 

 Magistrate shall direct him to perform service for the person 

 who relieved him for four seasons, after which he shall be re- 

 turned to his Master. If such Slave dies while performing 

 service for the person who relieved him, and the circumstance 

 is made known to the proper Officer, he shall not be answer- 

 able for his value ; but if the Slave dies and the person for 

 whom he performs service does not report it, he shall be an- 

 swerable to the proprietor of thejSlave for half the amount of 

 his value, for such is the loss sustained when a Slave dies." 



