Gilbert on _Tenures_, art. “Warranty,” p. 169. [Wergild, _wer_, ‘man,’ _gield_, _gieldan_; _vair_ is Skt. _vīra_, ‘hero’; O.E. _wer_, O.H.G. _werran_, ‘to embroil,’ Fr. _guerre_.] Footnote 3.4.23: “The great toe took rank as it should be, and held to double the sum of the others, for which ten scyllinga was the value without the nail, which was thirty scealta to boot” (Turner’s _Anglo-Saxons_, vol. ii. p. 133). Footnote 3.4.24: Appendix, No. XVIII. The laws of composition were carried to a much greater extent amongst the Hindu nations than even amongst those of the Anglo-Saxons, who might have found in Manu all that was ever written on the subject, from the killing of a Brahman by design to the accidental murder of a dog. The Brahman is four times the value of the soldier, eight of the merchant, and sixteen times of the Sudra. “If a Brahman kill one of the soldier caste (without malice), a bull and one thousand cows is the fine of expiation. If he slays a merchant, a bull and one hundred cows is the fine. If a Sudra or lowest class, ten white cows and a bull to the priest is the expiation” [_Laws_, xi. 127 ff.]. Manu legislated also for the protection of the brute creation, and if the priest by chance kills a cat, a frog, a dog, a lizard, an owl, or a crow, he must drink nothing but milk for three days and nights, or walk four miles in the night. Footnote 3.4.25: _Ummeda_, ‘hope.’ Footnote 3.4.26: Together £20,000, equal to £100,000 of England, if the respective value of the necessaries of life be considered. Footnote 3.4.27: _Barchi_ is ‘a lance.’ In these marauding days, when there was a riever in every village, they sallied out to ‘run the country,’ either to stop the passenger on the highway or the inhabitant of the city. The lance at his breast, he would call out _dohai_, an invocation of aid. During harvest time _barchi-dohai_ used to be exacted. Footnote 3.4.28: ‘Cup of invitation.’ [_Munawwar_, Pers. ‘bright, splendid.’] Footnote 3.4.29: This is a favourite expression, and a mode of indicating great friendship: ‘to eat of the same platter (_thali_), and drink of the same cup (_piyala_).’ Footnote 3.4.30: