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 116 LAWS. to death of himself, but he shall give him over to justice." — " If a gang of thieves attack a house, and one person only ascends, this person alone shall suffer mutilation : the rest shall be punish- ed by personal infliction in the following manner : The criminal shall be mounted on a white buf- ftilo ; he shall have the liaya flower as an ear or- nament, CSimting,) a dish cover, (Tiidimg saji,J as an umbrella j his face shall be streaked with charcoal and turmeric, and, in this plight, he shall be led through the town. If the delinquent be a slave, the master shall be compelled to restore the property stolen, or its equivalent, and if he be a freeman, he shall become the slave of the owner of the property." — " If a person steal garden pro- duce, such as sugar-cane, arrowroot, or fruits of any sort, he shall suffer mutilation. If the theft be at night, the owner of the garden may, without incurring any penalty, put him to death." — *' If a person steal an ox or buffalo from a pen, he shall be made to restore the property taken, and to pay a line of one tahil and one jxiJiaJ'^ — *' U a person steal a goat from a house, he shall pay a fine of ten mas, and restore the property." — *' If a man steal ducks or fow^ls, he shall be made to restore them, and pay a fine of five mas." — " By the law of God," (the Mahomedan law,) says the same collection, " if a man steal a buffalo, a cow% or a goat, from an in- closure,he shall either suffer death or mutilation, but 12