136 ON THE MAIA'YU NATION; 



venture of the whole of the persons engaged in it, and. bears no slight 



similarity to the outfit of a Dutch whaler;. 



Of the Malim, 



; - il - The law : respecting the Malim is, that he shall, if he requires it, be 

 allowed one half of a division of the hold, and receive a further assistance 

 from the Nakhodah to the extent of a Tahil and a half (twelve dollars,) 

 this officer being on the same footing with the Malim besar or chief Malim. 



It is the duty of the Malim to remember the proper course to steer, 

 and to know the seas and the lands, the winds and the waves, the cur- 

 rents, the depths and the shallows, the moon and the stars, the years and 

 the seasons, the bays and the points of land, the islands and coasts, the 

 rocks and shores, the mountains and hills, each and everyone of them, and 

 also to know where the Prdhu may be at any time. With the whole of 

 these should the Malim be well acquainted in order that every thing may 

 go on prosperously, as well at sea as on land, and that the Malim may be 

 free from fault. 



« While a Prdhu ]s at sea, the Malim Aug shall have charge of all 

 the cordage and rigging. He shall give orders respecting the same to 

 the Tukang Agung, whose duty it is to see that the Awak Prdhu do what 

 is necessary respecting the same. The Tukang Kin and Tukang Kdnen- 

 shall also assist in superintending, the Awak Prdhu." 



According to the Macasar copy, any of the Awak Prdhu who may 

 neglect their duty, or the orders of the Tukangs, may be punished at the 

 Pataren Lawa?ig, or place where the cable and ropes are kept, with, se- 

 ven, stripes. 



