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the purity of breeds ? 27. What animals are used for milk 
and what for food ? 28. Any omens or superstitions in 
regard to animals. 29. Are they well treated ? 30. What 
vermin is bred upon the person ? what is done to destroy 
vermin 1 31. What marks on horses, &c., are considered lucky 
or unlucky ? 
H. C. 
No. LIIL—SLAVERY. 
1. Are slaves kept 1 2. How does an individual become a 
slave h by birth, capture, through debt, crime, &c. ? 3. Has 
the owner absolute power of life and death ? 4. Have the 
slaves particular tasks, and are these of a menial or danger¬ 
ous kind ? 5. A.re slaves permitted, or forced, to marry ? and 
with what class ? 6. What is the position of the children ? 
are they slaves in the same degree as their parents ? 7. Are 
members of a slave family sold away from the rest ? and is 
this considered a hardship ? 8. Can a slave redeem himself 
or any member of his family ? 9. What is his social position 
afterwards ? 10. What is the position of the child of a free¬ 
man by a female slave ? 11. Is it usual for freemen to take 
captured slaves as wives ? 12. Does this give them the social 
rank of their husbands ? 13. Is the buying and selling of 
slaves a recognised business ? are there markets for the pur¬ 
pose 1 14. Are slaves branded or marked, or do they differ 
in dress from the rest of the community ? 15. Are they 
warriors ? or what is done with them in time of war ? 
16. Are they allowed to carry arms in time of peace? 17. 
Are there any public brothels in which slaves are kept ? 
18. Is it considered a disgrace for a free women to have an 
intrigue with a slave ? 19. What is the proportion of slaves 
to the rest of the population ? 20. Is slavery an ancient 
institution ? 
C. H. R. 
