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u Secondly.— When a Prahu is stolen by any one and 

 afterwards set adrift and is carried to a distance by the current, 

 it is not incumbent on the propietor to pay any reward to the 

 person who meets with it and brings it to the shore/' 



" The Prahus of a Eajah or of the Orang besar-besar 

 (Nobles)* shall be exempted. No specific reward 'shall be 

 demanded for them, but the Richmen f to whom they belong 

 shall give to those who find them what they think proper." 



(< With respect to the Sampans, or small Boats, it is Law, 

 that when a person meets with a Sampan that has been drifted 

 a considerable way w 7 ith ^oods in it, and the proprietor demands 

 it back, the value shall he divided into three parts, and the 

 person who found the Sampan shall be entitled to a quarter of 

 one of those parts (this appears to apply to Rivers only)." 



" If a person find a Sampan out at Sea with goods in it the 

 Law is, that according to what may be in the Sampan the find- 

 er shall be entitled to one third part, and the owner receive 

 back the remaining two thirds." 



Of carrying off Slaves from another Country. 



"If the Slave of a Raja is stolen, it is the Law, that the 

 Nakhoda shall be put to death. If the Slave of an Orang 

 besar or of a Bendahara, is stolen, the Nakhoda shall be 

 fined 10 Tahils 1 Paha (42 Dollars). If the Slave of a Teman 

 Rayet (c©mmon person) is stolen by the Nakhoda he shall 

 not only return the Slave but pay a fine in addition equal to 

 the value of the Slave." 



"If the Nakhoda carries off the Slave of the Shahbandar, 

 the Law directs that his effects shall be seized and he shall be 

 fined, because he has no respect and attention for the Country 

 but in his case the Raja may pardon him if he thinks proper." 



CHAPTER IV. 



Of Crimes and Punishment on Board a Prahu. 



" There are four Cases, in which, it is lawful to inflict Capi- 

 tal punishment on board a Prahu." 



m Chiefs.— W. E. M. 



(+) Orang-kaya.— W. E. M. 



