78 MARITIME CODE. 



Of Fishermen. 



" It is the Law with respect to Fishermen (Orang Pengail) 

 men who fish with lines and hooks, that if they have lost their 

 Prahu and are taken np by a fisherman of their own class the 

 demand shall be at the rate of 1 paha (2 Dollars) for each ; 

 and if they still retain their Prahu, but have lost their Sails 

 and Paddles, in such case, the demand to be made by those 

 who take them up shall be 2 Mas (1 Dollar) each, for such is 

 the Law respecting fishermen of this description. 7 ' 



" The Laws respecting (Orang menebas) fishermen who fish 

 in fiishing rivers are the same when they are wrecked and in 

 distress as the Laws of the Sea, but they shall be administered 

 by the Shahbandar of the Port." 



Of Troves. 



" These are the Laws respecting anything that may be 

 found, whatever it may be, whether Gold, Silver, runaway 

 Slaves or otherwise." 



u Whatever is found on the Sea, whoever may discover it, 

 is the property of the Nakhoda of the Prahu, who may give 

 what he thinks proper to the person who found it." 



" Whatever may be found by the persons sent on shore to 

 procure wood or water, in like manner becomes the property 

 of the Nakhoda ; because such persons act under his authority, 

 and are performing the duty of the Prahu." 



According to the Macassar copy the Trove is to be divided 

 into four parts, one of which (only) shall belong to the Nakho- 

 da because there are many of them. 



" But whatever may be found on shore by persons belonging 

 to the Prahu, at a time when they are not acting under the 

 orders, nor performing the duty of the Prahu, even if the par- 

 ties are Kiwi or Turn pang meniaga .* the Trove shall be divided 

 into three parts and one third shall appertain to the finder and 

 the two parts become the property of the Nakhoda." 



* "Berniaga" is the ordinary form, "but " meniaga is also used by 

 some.— D. F. A. H. 



