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Regulations far the safety of the Prdhu. 



" When a Prdhu proceeds to sea, every person on board' shall he 

 under charge of the Nakhodah. 



" At the time a Prdhu is about to sail on her voyage, the Malim shall 

 inform the Tukangs thereof, who shall direct the persons who have the 

 watch (Orang berke'pong) to take care that the rigging and sails are in 

 order, and to prevent accident by fire, as fire is a dreadful calamity at sea. 



" As it is the duty of the Muda Mudas to superintend the men on 

 watch, let them be careful that they perform their duty. For if a vessel 

 drifts, or runs on shore, on any coast or point of land, in consequence of 

 the Muda Mudas neglecting to superintend the people on watch, it is 

 the law, that the Muda Mudas > in such case, shall be punished, and fined 

 according to their ability. With respect to the people on watch, they 

 shall be punished with' twenty stripes each. 



" If the Prdhu drifts from her anchorage, and approaches near shore, 

 and the persons on watch are not aware of it, they shall be punished with 

 eight stripes each. 



" If the persons on watch allow Prdhus to pass without hailing them," 

 ©r according to the Macasar copy, " allow the people in the other Prdhu 

 to hail first, they shall be punished with seven stripes each." By that 

 of Macasar:. " The Orang Muda Mudas shall also, in such case, be liable 

 to a similar punishment, as is directed in the event of slaves absconding 

 from a Prdhu, which " in the Maldca copy," is as follows: 



" It is the duty of the persons on watch, to superintend and watch 

 over all the slaves in the Prdhu, in order to prevent their absconding. 

 In this duty, as well as in all others, they shall be superintended by the 



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