 ... qualities, the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended...  A General History of Quadrupeds - Page 229by Ralph Beilby - 1807 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 pages
...any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece, and lamb; or as much wheat as, •when poured on the cat suspended hy its tail, the head touching the floor, would form a heap high enough tc cover the tip of the former.... | |
 | Michael Russell - Africa, East - 1833 - 456 pages
...if any one stole or slew the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milk ewe, her fleece and lamb, or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by the tail (its head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover it to the tip. Now all... | |
 | Michael Russell - Ethiopia - 1833 - 342 pages
...if any one stole or slew the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milk ewe, her fleece and lamb, or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by the tail (its head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover it to the tip. Now all... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...guarded the prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a milch ewe, her fleece and lamb, or as n.uch wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its...(its head touching the floor,) would form a heap high ^ . .*l . • /* .1 i* YT1 I . enou may gh to cover the tip of the former. — From hence we conclude,... | |
 | 1836 - 590 pages
...A person who had stole the Cat that guarded the prince's granary, " was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece, and lamb; or as much wheat as, when poured on the Cat, suspended by the tail, (the head touching the floor,) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former."'... | |
 | Child rearing - 1837 - 348 pages
...if any one stole or slew the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was either to forfeit a mirk ewe, her fleece and lamb, or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by the tail (its head touching the floor) would form a neap high enough to cover it to the tip. Now all... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Great Britain - 1837 - 656 pages
...any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat, suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor), would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former." This... | |
 | Thomas Bell - Cetacea - 1837 - 554 pages
...A person who had stolen the Cat that guarded the prince's granary " was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece, and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the Cat suspended by the tail, (the head touching the floor,) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former."... | |
 | 1838 - 518 pages
...one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a rniloh ewe, its fleece, and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This last... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1838 - 646 pages
...any one stole or killed the rat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece, and lamb ; or as much wheat as when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former. This last... | |
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