[sd: (5 r.)] Chang paou was a native of Sin hwy, near the mouth of the river,[38] and the son of a fisherman. Being fifteen years of age, he went with his father a fishing in the sea, and they were consequently taken prisoners by Ching y[)i]h, who roamed about the mouth of the river, ravaging and plundering. Ching y[)i]h saw Paou, and liked him so much, that he could not depart from him. [sd: (5 v.)] Paou was indeed a clever fellow--he managed all business very well; being also a fine young man, he became a favourite of Ching y[)i]h,[39] and was made a head-man or captain. [sd: (5 v.)] It happened, that on the seventeenth day of the tenth moon, in the twentieth year of Këa king (about the end of 1807), Ching y[)i]h perished in a heavy gale, and his legitimate wife _Sh[)i]h_ placed the whole crew under the sway of Paou; but so that she herself should be considered the Commander of all the squadrons together,--for this reason the division Ching y[)i]h was then called _Ching y[)i]h saou_, or _the wife of Ching y[)i]h_.[40] Being chief captain, Paou robbed and plundered incessantly, and daily increased his men and his vessels. He made the three following regulations:-- First: _If any man goes privately on shore, or what is called transgressing the bars, he shall be taken and his ears be perforated in the presence of the whole fleet; repeating the same act, he shall suffer death._ Second: [Sidenote: 1807.] _Not the least thing shall be taken privately from the stolen and plundered goods. All shall be registered, and the pirate receive for himself, out of_ _ten parts, only two; eight parts belong to the storehouse, called the general fund; taking any thing out of this general fund, without permission, shall be death._ Third: [sd: (6 r.)] _No person shall debauch at his pleasure captive women taken in the villages and open places, and brought on board a ship; he must first request the ship's purser for permission, and then go aside in the ship's hold. To use violence against any woman, or to wed her without permission, shall be punished with death._[41] [Sidenote: 1807.] That the pirates might never feel want of provisions, Chang paou gained the country people to their interest. It was ordered, that wine, rice, and all other goods, should be paid for to the villagers; it was made capital punishment to take any thing of this kind by force or without paying for it. For this reason the pirates were never in want of gunpowder, provisions, and all other necessaries. By this strong discipline the whole crew of the fleet was kept in order.