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most Malayan stales there are traces to be found 

 of a similar restitution incases of tlieftas that con- 

 taiued in ibe iVIasaic law » but, at Tnugano, in 

 t he case of the first offence* notbing but the re- 

 storHljon of the artitile itself is required, and aslighfc 

 reprimand is adjudged: on a repetition of the 

 crime, the titief is s^entenrtd to the loss of a hand 

 and foot, and, aUhuugrh the method of ainputation 

 h exceedingly unskilful, the member beio*^ sever- 

 ed by a violent blow, the temperate habits of the 

 native? generally ensure reco%'ery. The relatives, 

 in most cases, however, take off the individual by 

 poij^on, rather than siifTer him to remain a hving 

 monumrnt of their disgrace. Such as are per- 

 mitted to live obtain a f^canty subsistence by act- 

 ing as watermen on the river. Where the offence 

 if of no ordiutiry dye, death is inflicted, the cul- 

 prit kneeling on the ground, and ibe eirecutioner 

 thrust inj* a h'h' down the suture of the left shoul- 

 der blade, until th^; point penetrates the heprt. 



The present liajah of Tringano, we learn from 

 Mr. IVled hurst, was the younger brother of the 

 deceased king, wlio left the throne to him m pre- 

 ference to hU own sons, who do not appear to feel 

 the loss of empire. The queen, nevertheless, se- 

 cured her former hare of power by marrying the 

 new king* 



Patani lies in N . Lat. 6d. 50m., and consists of 

 two towns, the olrl and the new, if the former be 

 deserving of that appellation, as it consists at pre- 

 sent of only two or tlirce houses, which are fast 

 falling to decay. Old Patani was built by a son 

 of the king of Si am, named Chan Sri Bangsa, 

 and stands about a mi!e or two from the mouth of 



• Exo dus, Clmp. 32d, v. I ti»4. 



