NEW CODE OF LAWS. 
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The XVIIth regards Seduction— the XVIIIth Rape— 
and the XIXth Fornication : the punishment annexed to 
the commission of these crimes is, hard labour for a spe¬ 
cified period. 
XX. Concerning Drunkenness. 
If a man drinks spirits till he becomes intoxicated, (the 
literal rendering would be poisoned,) and is then trouble¬ 
some or mischievous, the magistrates shall cause him to 
be bound or confined; and when the effects of the drink 
have subsided, shall admonish him not to offend again. 
But if he be obstinate in drinking spirits, and when in¬ 
toxicated 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 kilied, and its owner punished with labour, 
for persisting in keeping such a mischievous dog. The 
punishment specified in the XXth law shall be adjudged 
to him. Hogs also accustomed to devour young or suck- 
