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 LAWS. 117 if he do not steal them from an inclosure, he shall only be niade to restore them." This last rule, which follows the others, is stated in deference to the Mahomedan law, but evidently as if it were not of practical application to the state of society, and a violence offered to the known usages of the country. The following two laws of the ancient code of Java, and present one of Bali, are in the same spirit : " Those who steal hogs, dogs, fowls, or other animals, be they what they may, that are kept by the husbandman, shall pay a fine of five talis to go to the judge, and they shall be made to restore the property taken twice-told." — "If, how- ever, the theft be committed at night, the criminal shall be put to death by the prince w ho desires the prosperity of his kingdom.*' — *' If a man cut down trees belonging to another, ^without his consent, he shall be fined four talis^ and be made to restore the property taken two-fold. If the offence be commit- ted at niglit, the criminal shall be sentenced to death." There is great uniformity in the fine imposed for theft among the different tribes, which is almost al- ways double the value of the property taken, with a consideration for the judge. The laws of the Re- jangs are as follow : " A person convicted of theft pays double the value of the goods stolen, with a fine of twenty dollars and a buffido, if they exceed the