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 128 LAWS. they shall be immediately put to death. If, how- ever, they happen to be seized alive, and then put to death, the person so putting them to death incurs a fine of one taliil and one jyaha. If the slave or debtor be mortally wounded when taken, and then put to death, the person so putting him to death shall only pay the funeral charges.'* The naval code of the Malays is peculiarly strict on the subject of mucks, as we see from the follow- ing specimens : " If a man quarrel with an- other in the fore part of the vessel, and, di'awing his kris, come aft as far as the place where the sails are kept, towards the person he has quarrelled with, it shall be lawful to put him to death : But, if he can be apprehended, he shall be fined in- stead." — " If a man quarrel with another, and fol- low him to the door of the commander's cabin, even though he may not have drawn his h^is, it shall be lawful to put him to death ; but, if he can be apprehended, he may be fined instead." — " If the officer of a vessel quarrel with the command- er, and approach him in the after part of the vessel, he may be put to death ; but, if he ask for- giveness it may be granted, on his paying a pecu- niary fine, and furnishing a buffalo for the com- mander's entertainment /" Injuries offered to the sex are next to be consi- dered. These are of two kinds : — those offered to unmarried women, and those offered to married