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 86 LAWS. ing him severely. In a treatise on Javanese law, composed immediately after the conversion to Ma- homedanism, and called the " Sun of the Uni- verse," Surya AUlnit after an enumeration of the duties of the judge, Jaksa, it is deliberately de- clared, " If he is found ignorant of these things, he shall have his tongue cut out ;" and, if the next in order to the judge, Jajanaiig, shall, in act- ing for the judge, prove deficient in a knowledge of his duty, he too shall either have his tongue cut out, lose both his ears, or have red-hot pincers ap- plied to his lips.'* — " In the third place," it adds, " any incorrect statement in writing shall be pu- nished with the loss of both hands. Should nei- ther of these sentences be carried into effect, the judge ought, at all events, to be banished the coun- try. This punishment, however, may be miti- gated by the Raja, who, having compassion on the judge, may recall him after one year's banish- ment." * Even the capacity or learning of the judge, or law assessor, appears, on some occasions, to be treated with very little ceremony. In one law of the ancient Javanese, it is declared, that, if he be ^lenced in a discussion with one of the parties who dispute a point with him, he shall be fined forty thousand pichis. ' Raffles's Java, Vol. II. Appendix, p. 33.