of the Madras Literary /Society. 109 



Pages- 

 Section VII. Hiring a person to take cave of cuttle ; the obliga- 

 tions of. 83,84 



Se-cticn VIII. Hiring persons nnder various circumstances 84,86 



Section IX. Hiring and paying before hand 86 



Section X. Hired persons or things lost 86,87 



Section XI. Hiring or commissioniug persons who get drunk, 



drowned, fall from trees, &c 87,88,89 



Section XII. Hiring persons who suffer injury without being 



exposed 89 



Section XIII. Commissioning another to buy goods, &c 89,90 



Chapter 7th. 



Buying or hiring boats, or carriages, and their beatiug, dashing 



and striking against each other 90 



Section I. Buying and refusing payment 91 



Section II. Buying on credit and then denying the account 91,92 



Section III. Buying goods and then running away and leaving 



them — 92 



Section IV. Selling in partnership and pocketing the avails dis- 



' honestly 93 



Section V. Merchants and goods falling to the enemy's hands, 



&c 93 



Section VI. Boats dashing against each other and causing 



damage under various circumstances... 93,9S 



Section VII. Carts interlocked and damaged 98,99 



Chapter 8th. 



Concerning presents 99 



Section I. Presents made through fear may be reclaimed 100 



Section II. Servants (i. e. slaves) giving away their children 101 



Section III. The same in other circumstances 101,2 



Section IV. Regarding the nursing and reclaiming of children 



given under various circumstances 102,6 



Section V. Giving away one's wife 105 



Section VI. Making unsuitable presents 105,105 



Section VII. Taking other's goods to make presents 106 



Section VIII. Beguiling another of his goods by false promises 



of presents 106,107 



Section IX. If a person promises goods not at hand and they 



afterward come to the hand of the promisee by any 



means the promisor cannot re[c]laim them 107,108 



Section X. Men and women's giving unsuitable presents to one 



another 108,109 



Section XI. Deceiving persons and causing them to eat what is 



unclean, &c. . 109 



Section XII. Besmearing other peoples houses with filth and 



ordure , , 109,110 



