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not allowable to commit it with their own hands; also as regards any one's property, about which there is a dispute, even though with a certainty as to its ownership.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Ganaba-sar-nigad Nask. 1. One section of the next twelve is the Pasû shaûrvastân ( shepherd's-dog code'), about the shepherd who is selecting a shepherd's dog for the sheep, and the shepherd with various shepherd's dogs; about the shepherd's comprehension of their serviceableness, one with the other, and whatever is on the same subject. 2. The extent of authorised efficiency (salit-gårikth) accomplished by the shepherd's-dog nature of a shepherd's dog, after his being appointed by the shepherd.
3. About the shepherd's preparing the means of bedding for the shepherd's dog, giving the amount of the price of the daily food of a shepherd's dog, provisions for the dog in the winter, and the preparation of a fire beforehand which it is necessary to make in the sheepfold (pâh-hasto). 4. About the mode of preparing the appointed fireplace of the sheepfold, the position of the shepherd's dog and the dog's fire, the means of lodging and provisioning the shepherd's dog in the sheepfold, the sin owing to the occasions when one proceeds to provide another mode, and whatever is on the same subject.
5. About the diligence of the shepherd's dog, and about his being guardian of the sheep asleep at night
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