SLAVERY. 
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sold their services, and can produce the original sum when demand¬ 
ed, are the actual property of their masters, may be sold and trans¬ 
ferred along with the soil, cattle &c., and may be given in payment 
of debt, even if that has been contracted at the gaming table. 
Children of slave-debtors must pay all the costs for their mainte¬ 
nance before they can be set free . If a married woman, being aware 
that her husband frequents any one of the rang bawn or gaming 
houses, neglects to protest to the Chinese or other renter against be¬ 
ing made herself liable for any of his debts, she wiil be liable in most 
cases, [provided her husband had, before witnesses, included her iu the 
agreement to liquidate his debts;] and, if she cannot pay them, she is 
detained in the house of the creditor, till the husband appears. 
All renters, farmers, and collectors of revenue have a power of 
seizing debtors which no other creditor can exert. In several Siam¬ 
ese and Bali books it is represented as the acme of devotion for the 
aspirant after Niphan * to sell his property and effects, and, having be¬ 
stowed the price in charity, to sell himself and dispose of the money 
for the same pious purposes. King Narinthom of Bali writ, and the 
famous HeriscJiandra, both of India, acted in this manner, the latter 
in order to pay a sacrificial fee. Phia Muha Wesantara of the Bali 
sold himself, children, and property, to obtain the means of being 
charitable. 
The reciprocal duties enjoined in the Bali Meeleenthara, on su¬ 
periors and dependants are as follows. The superior must be watchful 
over the interests and comfort of the inferiors, and his charity must be 
frequently exerted towards them. He must supply them with good 
food and clothes, treat them with kindness always, and make good to 
them any loss accidentally-sustained. 
The dependant will communicate to his superior or master all in¬ 
formation which may affect the happiness or fortunes of the latter. 
He will assist him with personal services when required. He will 
refresh his memory relative to duty or business of every kind. He 
will follow him equally in adversity and prosperity, and will be ever 
ready to anticipate his wants!! 
■* A divine state of rest and absorption, Nivun. 
