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CONTENTS.
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IV (20-28). On the food due to the dog . . . . V (29-38). On the mad dog and the dog diseased; how they are to be kept, and cured, .
. . 163 VI (39-40). On the excellence of the dog . . . . 164 VII (41-43). On the wolf-dog . . . VIII (44-48). On the virtues and vices of the dog . . 166 IX (49). Praise of the dog . . . . . . .
X (50-56). The water-dog. . . . . . . FARGARD XIV. THE ATONEMENT FOR THE MURDER OF A
WATER-DOG . . . . . . . . . 169 FARGARD XV. .
· · · 176 I (1-8). On five sins the commission of which makes the sinner & Peshôtanu . . . . .
. . 176 II a (9-12). On unlawful unions and attempts to procure miscarriage . . . . . .
. . 178 II b (13-19). On the obligations of the illegitimate father
towards the mother and the child . . . . . 179 III (20-45). On the treatment of a bitch big with young, 180
IV (46-51). On the breeding of dogs . . . . 184 FARGARD XVI. . . . . . . . . . 185
I (1-7). On the uncleanness of women during their sickness 185 II (8-12). What is to be done if that state lasts too long, 187
III (13-18). Sundry laws relating to the same matter 188 FARGARD XVII. HAIR AND Nails
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190 FARGARD XVIII. . . . . . . . . 193
I (1-13). On the unworthy priest and enticers to heresy · 193 II (14-29). The holiness of the cock, the bird of Sraosha, who
awakes the world for prayer and for the protection of Atar 196 III (30-59). On the four sins that make the Drug pregnant
with a brood of fiends . . . . . . . 200 IV (60-65). On the evil caused by the Gahi ("the prostitute') 204 V (66-76). How intercourse with a Dashtån woman is to
be atoned for . . . . . . . . 206 FARGARD XIX..
1 (1-3). Angra Mainyu sends the demon Baiti to kill
Zarathustra: Zarathustra sings aloud the Ahuna-Vairya, and the demon flies away, confounded by the sacred words
and by the Glory of Zarathustra . . . . . 209 la (4-10). Angra Mainyu himself attacks him and pro
pounds riddles to be solved under pain of death . . 210 II (11-16). How to destroy the uncleanness born from a
contact with the dead . . . . . . . 212 III (17-19). How to promote the prosperity of the creation 214
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