Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    veral of them, besides paying customary tribute, are obliged to appear before them whenever they are summoned, either to work for them or for any other purpose. When the king decides a dis- pute between two parties he receives a gold or silver plate; and when a per- son is convicted of a heinous offence he is sold for the benefit of the sovereign, unless his family possess cattle or gold sufficient to redeem him. Robbery and murder are punished by fines, slavery, and sometimes death ; but the latter case is very rare. In most of the states of the island the rajah dares not take any steps against the lives, liberty, or property of his subjects, till a charge has been lodged against them before F 3