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 LAWS. 12S ing are examples : ** For a wound occasioning the loss of an eye, or limb, or imminent danger of death, half the Bangun (compensation for mur- der) is to be paid. For a wound on the head, the compensation is twenty dollars. For other wounds, twenty dollars and downwards." — ** In wounds," says the collection of the laws of Fa- summahy " a distinction is made in the parts of the body. A wound in any part from the hip upwards, is esteemed more considerable than in the lower parts. If a person wounds another with sword, kris kiijury or other weapon, and the wound is considerable, so as to maim him, he shall pay to the person wounded the half compen- sation of murder, and to the chiefs half the line for murder, with half of the hassa lurah. If the wound is trifling, but fetches blood, he shall pay the person wounded the Tepung of fourteen dol- lars, and be fined as much more. If a person wounds another with a stick or bamboo, &c. he shall simply pay the Tepung of fourteen dollars." In cases of murder, no distinction is made be- tween wilful murder and chance-medley. It is the loss which the tribe or family sustains that is con- sidered, and the pecuniary compensation is cal- culated to make up that loss. The term used by the Rejangs of Sumatra Bangun^ or " awaking," expresses the meaning they attach to it. By the same people, another charge is made against the