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 of harbour regulations, and miscreants that were dangerous to public peace. Thus to destruction were doomed the ships of pirates, the ships which were bound for the enemy's country, and the ships that violated the customs and rules in force in port towns. The Superintendent had also to arrest persons of the following descriptions : Any person who eloped with the wife or daughter of another; one who carried off the wealth of another; a suspected person; one having a perturbed appearance; one who had no baggage; one who attempted to conceal or evade the cognisance of a valuable load in his hand; one who had just put on a different garb; one who had just turned out an ascetic; one who pretended to be suffering from a disease; one who seemed to be alarmed; a person stealthily carrying valuable things; a person going on a secret mission; a person carrying weapons or explosives or holding poison in his hand; and lastly, one who came from a long distance without a pass. The Superintendent finally was to direct the confiscation of the commodities of those who were found to travel without a pass and of those also who with