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XX. Concerning Drunkenness. 
If a man drinks spirits till he becomes intoxicated, (the literal rendering 
would be poisoned,) and is then troublesome or mischievous, the magis¬ 
trates shall cause him to be bound or confined; and when the eifects of 
the drink have subsided, shall admonish him not to oflfend again. But if 
he be obstinate in drinking spirits, and when intoxicated becomes 
mischievous, let him be brought before the magistrate, and sentenced 
to labour, such as road-making, five fathoms in length, and two in 
breadth. If not with this, with a plantation fence, fifty fathoms long. 
If it be a woman that is guilty of this crime, she shall plat two large 
mats, one for the king, and the other for the governor of the district; 
or make four hibiscus mats, two for the king, and two for the governor ; 
or forty fathoms of native cloth, twenty for the king, and twenty for the 
governor. 
XXI. Damage done by Dogs or Hogs. 
Concerning dogs accustomed to steal or bite, and pigs which bite or 
rend whatever may come in their way. When a dog steals food secretly, 
and is addicted to the practice of devouring young pigs, kids, or goats, 
fowls, or any other small kinds of property, the owner of the dog shall 
make restitution. If a pig has been devoured, a pig shall he return 
as a recompense; or a fowl, a fowl shall be returned. That which is 
returned shall be equal to that which has been destroyed. He shall 
also kill such dog. But if the owner persists in keeping such dog, 
fourfold shall he return as a remuneration for all it destroys; twofold, 
(half) for the king, and twofold (half) for the owner of the property 
destroyed. A dog also addicted to the habit of biting children, shall 
be killed. The man who knows that he has a savage or biting dog, and 
refuses to kill it, (after having been by the magistrate requested to do 
so,) if a child be bitten by such dog, the dog shall be killed, and its 
owner punished with labour, for persisting in keeping such a mis¬ 
chievous dog. The punishment specified in the XXth law shall be 
adjudged to him. Hogs also accustomed to devour young or sucking 
pigs, kids, or fowls, and accustomed to bite or attack children, shall 
be removed to another place, or killed. If the owner be obstinate, and 
will neither remove nor kill the pig, after having been admonished by 
the magistrates, they shall kill the hog, and punish the owner with 
labour, for obstinately keeping such a dangerous hog. His punish¬ 
ment shall be such as that specified in the twentieth law. 
XXII. Concerning Wild or Stray Pigs. 
There are no pigs without owners. No one shall hunt pigs on the 
mountains, or in the valleys, under the pretext that they are without 
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