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-careful in future, in order that the servant may not be guilty of such neg- 

 lect again ; for of all things fire is to be dreaded at sea. 



. " If the person who is the cause of the fire, is a slave, the master shall 

 be fined four Paku petis Jawa. If the master refuses to pay the fine 9 

 the slave shall be punished with four stripes/' according to the Malacca., 

 and "forty stripes," according to the Macasar copy. ■" And such punish- 

 ment shall be inflicted at the Temba Ruang, or place from which the 

 ..Prdhu is baled out." 



The 'Laws respecting throwing :Cargo overboard. 



* c When there is a violent -storm , and it may >be necessary to throw 

 overboard a part of the cargo, for the safety of the Prdhu, a general 

 consultation shall be held with respect to the property in the Prdhu, and 

 those who have much and those who have little, must agree to throw 

 overboard in proportion. 



" If the JVakhodah omits to assemble all those who are interested, and 

 the cargo is thrown overboard indiscriminately, the fault shall be on the 

 Makhodah of the Prdhu, for such is not the custom. 



'Of Prdhus running foul of each other. 



si i F a Prdhu runs foul of a guard or armed vessel (in which case the 

 crew are liable to forfeit their lives,) the offence may be compounded by 

 each person on board the Prdhu, paying such sum as a-ransom for life, as 

 •may be agreed upon, each paying alike, whether slaves or not slaves, rich 

 or poor, youths, men or women, and no one more than another. 



