OK THE M&LA'YU NATION. 153t 



" The laws respecting (Qrang Menuwds) fishermen, who fish in 'fish- 

 ing weers, are the same when they are wrecked and in distress, as 

 the Taws of the Sea, but they shall be administered by the Shakbender of 

 the porfc" 



Of Troves. 



" These are the laws respecting any thing that may be found, wM^i 

 ever it may be, whether gold, silver, run-away slaves, or otherwise. 



" Whatever is found on the sea, whoever may discover it, is the pro- 

 perty of the JVakhodak of the Praku, who may give what he thinks pro- 



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.per to the 'persdns who found it. 



*' Whatever may be found by persons sent -on shore to procure wood 

 mr water, in like manner becomes the property of the JVakhodah, because 

 such persons act under his authority and are performing the duty of the 

 prdhu." 



According to the Macasar copy, " the trove is to be divided into four 

 parts, one of which (only) shall belong to the Nakhodah, because there 



may be many of the finders." 



" But whatever may be found on shore by persons belonging to the 

 Prdhu, at the time when they are not acting under the Nakhodak's orders, 

 ■nor performing the duty of the Prdhu, even if the parties are Kiwis, or 

 Turun Menug en , the trove shall be divided into three parts, and one third 

 shall appertain to the finder, and the remaining two parts become the 

 property of the Nakhodah. 



" If a trove is found under such circumstances by the Nakhodak's 

 debtors. In that case one half of the trove shall belong to the debtors 



