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Rh as the Capitan Cheena, and the sub-officers are dignified by the name of Lieutenant. Like the Tumungong, the Capitan is held responsible for the good conduct of the Chinese population. The Capalla, or head, in particular, is the machine, as it were, which keeps the working parts in order. It is his duty to see that three men from his Campong are placed on the watch night and day—the male members of every family taking in turn the duty of watchman, which require their presences for about twelve hours at a time. The Capalla also visits the stations occasionally, to see that all goes right, and reports accordingly to his superior. He likewise supplies the night-passes to those who are known to him as honest and trustworthy, without which none can stir out of their campong after eight in the evening. All delinquents are brought first before him, and if their fault be trivial, the juru tulis, or clerk—seated crosslegged on the ground, before a small, low, square box, on