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HISTORY OF MADAGASGAR. 
ing him ■ and if only a small theft be committed, the master shall 
pay half the value of the goods stolen ; but if the value of one slave 
and upwards has been consumed by the runaway slave, the owner 
of the slave and the owner of the goods stolen shall have an equal 
share in the runaway slave. 
If the slave of a soldier runs away from his master, one-fourth of 
the two and a half dollars shall be taken off • but if the master of 
the slave be dissatisfied, the two and a half dollars shall be paid. 
If a slave that runs away is worth ten dollars and upwards, the 
master shall pay two and a half dollars; but if he is under the 
value of ten dollars, a fourth of his value shall be paid instead of 
the two and a half dollars to those who apprehended him. 
Any person concealing a runaway slave, shall pay one bullock 
and one dollar for every month’s concealment. 
If a man informs against his wife, or the wife against her hus¬ 
band, even if they are separated, or a slave informs against his 
master after he has been sold to another, or even should they 
employ others to inform against them, their information shall not 
be admitted. 
If a person borrows money and will not repay it at the time 
fixed, and the owner of the money informs the sovereign of it, the 
debtor shall pay one-third more in addition to the principal, if 
the money has not been taken on interest; but if taken on interest, 
the interest shall be equal to the principal. 
If an affair at law has been made known to the proper authorities, 
and a day appointed for trial of the same, and either of the parties 
do not appear on that day, not being prevented by illness, the 
party not appearing shall have his choice whether he will redeem 
himself by paying the value of his body, or lose the cause. 
Any person accusing another of guilt in the name of the sove¬ 
reign or judges without having authority from them so to do, shall 
pay a fine of two bullocks and two dollars. 
Any person having five houses and upwards destroyed by fire in 
the town, shall pay three bullocks and three dollars to the sove¬ 
reign, no excuse can be admitted, and the three bullocks shall be 
killed for the people in the town. 
Whoever inters the corpse of one killed by the tangena with its 
head to the east, such persons being seen to do so, and being in- 
