But if they, kept in (proper) order, graze together in the forest, and a wolf, suddenly jumping on one of them, kills it, the herdsman shall bear in that case no responsibility.
On all sides of a village a space, one hundred dhanus or three samya-throws (in breadth), shall be reserved (for pasture), and thrice (that space) round a town.
वृतिं तत्र प्रकुर्वीत यामुष्त्रो न विलोकयेत् । छिद्रं च वारयेत् सर्वं श्वसूकरमुखानुगम् ॥ २३९ ॥
(The owner of the field) shall make there a hedge over which a camel cannot look, and stop every gap through which a dog or a boar can thrust his head.
पथि क्षेत्रे परिवृते ग्रामान्तीयेऽथ वा पुनः । सपालः शतदण्डार्हो विपालान् वारयेत् पशून् ॥ २४० ॥
(If cattle do mischief) in an enclosed field near a highway or near a village, the herdsman shall be fined one hundred (panas); (but cattle), unattended by a herdsman, (the watchman in the field) shall drive away.