308 ON MINES AND MINERS IN KINTA, PERAK. 
mattresses. The fine (hukum pawang ) is $12.50; the ordi- 
nary pillow used by a miner is made of some soft wood. — 
2. Black coats and the attitudes designated pakez pa- 
wang may not be assumed by any one on the mine with the 
exception of the pawang. ( Hukum pawang, $12.50.) 
3. The gourd used as a water vessel by Malays, all des- 
criptions of earthenware, glass and all sorts of limes and 
lemons and the outer husk of the cocoa-nut are prohibited 
articles on mines. ( Hukum pawang, $12.50.) 
Note.—All eating and drinking vessels should be made of 
cocoa-nut shell or of wood, the noise made by earthen- 
ware and glass is said to be offensive to the hantu. 
But in the case of a breach of this regulation the 
pawang would warn the offenders two or three times 
before he claimed the fine. 
4. Gambling and quarrelling are strictly forbidden on 
mines, the fine is claimed for the first offence. (Hukum 
pawang, $12.50.) 
5. Wooden aqueducts (pa/ong) must be prepared in the 
jungle a long way from the mine. ( Hukum pawang, $12.50.) 
The noise of the chopping is said to be offensive to the 
hantu. 
6. Any breach of the dahasa pantang is an offence. (Hu- 
kum pawang, $12.50.) 
7. Charcoal must not be allowed to fall into the races. 
(Hukum pawang, $12.50.) 
8. A miner must not wear, and goto work on the mine 
in, another man’s trowsers. (Hukwm pawang, one karong of tin 
sand.) 
Note.—This applies only to the sénar séluar basah, or work- 
ing dress. It is also an offence to work in the 
garment called sarong. 
9. If the chupak (measure) of the mine is broken, it must 
be renewed within three days. (Hukum pawang, one bhara 
of tin.) 
