•ON THE MALA'YU NATION. "153 



* FrRsf— When the rope by which the Prdhu is "secured, » cut by any 

 person, and the Prdhu is carried out by the current; the 1 proprietor shall 

 not be obliged to give any reward* 



" Secondly — When a Prdhu is stolen by any one, and afterwards set 

 adrift, and is carried to a distance by the current, it is not incumbent on 

 the proprietor to pay any reward to the persons who meet with it, and 

 bring it to the shore. 



" The' Pr alius of the Raja, or of the Qraitg, besar besar , and nobles,, 

 shall be exempted. No specific reward 1 sliall demanded for them; but 

 the rich men, to whom they belong, shall gjve to those- who find them- 

 what they think- proper. 



« With respect to Sanpans, or small boats, it is the law, that 



" When a person meets with a Sanpan that has been drifted a con- 

 siderable way, and has goods in it, and the proprietor demands it back,, 

 the value shall be divided into three parts, and the person who found the 

 Sanpan shall be entitled to a quarter of one of those parts, (this appears 

 to apply to rivers only.); 



" If a person finds a Sanpan out' at" sea, with goods in it- the law is, 

 that according to what may be in the Sanpan, the finder shall be entitled 

 to one third part, and the owner receive back the remaining two thirds. 



Of stealing slaves from another Country, 



" If the slave of a Raja is stolen, it is the law that the Nakhodah shall 

 be put to death. If the slave of an Orang besar besar, Or of a Bendahara 

 is stolen, the Nakhoduh shall be fined ten Tahils one Pahar (eighty-two 



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