US ON THE MALA'YU NATION. § 



Muda Madas. If, therefore, a slave at any time absconds from a Prdhu, 

 it shall be the duty of the Muda Mudas to find out the person who is to 

 blame, and the person who is so found out shall be punished with sixty 

 stripes/' The Macasar copy states, " He shall be answerable for 3 ancj. 

 make good his value." 



■*' ;It is the duty of the persons on watch to see that, the ^vessel is pro- 

 perly baled out ; if, therefore, too much water is at any time allowed .to 

 remain, the persons who are on the watch at; the time, shall be punished 



with fifteen stjipes each, 



Cf If the persons on watch do not keep a good look-out, and any thing 

 is, stolen from the Prdhu, they shall be punished with two stripes from 

 .jgv-iry person in the prdhu. 



(i It is the. usage that persons on watch -shall each be .allowed the con^ 

 veniencies for smoking opium, in order that they may not fall asleep 

 ■during the time that it is necessary for. them to keep watch* 



** When the term of the watch shall expire, the persons who are to be 

 relieved, shall deliver over charge to the persons appointed to succeed 

 them, and give notice thereof .to.- every one, .and to the Muda Mudas, 



u It is the -duty of those who dress -victuals, (Orang hertupi) to guard 

 against accident by -fire, while a Prdhu is at sea. After victuals are 

 dressed, the .fire shall.be carefully extinguished, and if any person neg- 

 lect to .do so, and the cooking place take fire, the law is that after all 

 the people in the" Prdhu shall have put out the fire, the person through 

 whose neglect it was occasioned, shall.be punished with two stripes from 

 ■e&ch person in the Prdhu $ and his master shall be warned to be mora 



