197. If goods [when in transport from place to place] be lost, the carrier shall pay their value; except [the loss be] occasioned by the monarch or by act of God. If he [who has contracted to transport goods] cause them not to start on the journey, he shall be made to pay twice the amount of his hire:
198. if he abandon [his charge] when at the outset of the journey, he shall pay 199. If a professed gambler win at play [as much as] one hundred [paṇas], he shall pay to the keeper of the house one-fifth: others shall pay [the keeper] a tenth of their winnings. 200. The latter,[297] [in consideration of] having [royal] protection, shall pay the portion stipulated to the monarch, shall make over all stakes won to the winner, shall be true of speech, and forbearing. 201. The monarch shall enforce payment of winnings; [that is,] such as are made in a place kept by a licensed gaming-house-master paying the royal dues, among known players, meeting openly; in other cases, not. 202. They who manage suits [arising out of the games], also the witnesses, are to be such persons as those last described. If any one play with false dice or cheat, the monarch shall have him branded and banished. 203. An overseer of the games should be appointed, who may thus become familiar with [the persons of reputed] thieves.[298] The like rules apply to wagers at fighting games, whether of men or brutes.[299]