$3* ON THE MALA'YU NATION. 



" That the Jera-mudi or steersman shall be as the Bendakara, or prime 

 minister, and the Jeru-batus as Tamungungs or chief peace officers, and it 

 shall be the duty of these to superintend every one and to regulate right 

 and wrong within the Prdhu, 



*< That the Tukang Kdnen, and the Tukang Kiri, shall possess a*es- 

 pectable influence, and perform duty with the Tukang Agung. 



" That the Jeru^batu Kiri, the Gung Tang And Sinawe, es -well as the 



Tukangs, shall be under the Immediate orders -of the JVakhodah; and all 

 the Awak Prdhu shall be under the orders of the Tukangs belonging to 

 the 'Prdhu. 



•" The Maiim shall be as a ruler or judge* at sea, as it is his duty to 

 direct the course of the vessel." 



In the Macasar copy it is stated, H that the owner of the Prdhu shall 

 be as the 'Raja, the Nakhodah as the Bendahdra, the Tukangs as the Ti« 

 ■mungungs, the Tukang ITalucn (officers of the fore-castle,) as masters 

 and the Tukang Tinglia as Sida Sidas," but as the JVakhodahs are gene~ 

 rally, and always in the smaller Prdkus, owners, the distinction made at 

 Macasar, which changes the comparison in the ranks of the different 

 officers, in consequence of the introduction of a superior to the JVakhodah, 

 Is of no real importance, and does not essentially vary the rank or in« 

 fluence of the officers. 



" If any of the crew disobey the orders of the Tukang Agung, that offi- 

 cer shall deliver the offender over to the Jem-bain, in order that he may be 



punished with seven stripes. But it is the usage that such stripes si 



* Jialdm or Imam. 



