15.2 ON THE MALA'YU NATION. 



and the other to- the Nukhodah." By the Macasar copy, this is also the 

 case with respect to what may be found by the Tiiriui Menugen. 



" If a Kiwi goes on shore in any bay, coast or island, not on account 

 of, or performing the business of the Nakhodah, but exclusively for his 

 own concerns, whatever trove he may find, it shall be divided into two 

 parts, and one half shall appertain to the finder, the other to the Nak~ 

 hodah. 



" If any of the Nakhodah' s family find any thing under such circum-* 

 stances, the trove shall be divided into four parts, one share of which shall 

 belong, to the Nakhodah, the other three to the finder." The Macasar copy 

 states, " that if a Muda Muda, related to the Nakhodah, meets with per* 

 sons who have run away, whether it be in a bay, or on a coast, or else- 

 where, the JVakhodah shall alone be entitled to benefit by it. 



ie If slaves, belonging to the Nakhodah, under any circumstances meet 

 with a trove, it shall become the property of the Nakhodah, who may 

 give to the finder what he thinks proper. 



" Under whatever circumstances, slaves who have absconded from 

 their masters, may be met and apprehended by the people belonging to % 

 Prdhu, they shall become the property of the Nakhodah; who is, however, 

 bound to restore them, to the original proprietor, wherever he may be 

 met, and wherever the slaves may be brought from, on being paid one 

 half of their value. Whatever valuables such slaves may have in their* 

 possession, at the time they are apprehended, shall belong to the Nakhodah. 



" If. a. Prdhu is driven from the land without the fishing weers, the per- 

 sons who meet with it, and bring it to the shore, shall be entitled to de- 

 mand half its value as a reward. But there are two cases in which such, 

 reward shall not be given. 



