[If] one hires craftsmen and they retract, they are at a disadvantage; if the hirer retracts, he is at a disadvantage.  Whoever deviates is at a disadvantage, and whoever retracts is at a disadvantage.

[If] one rents a donkey to drive it on the mountain, and he drives it in the valley, [or] in the valley, and he drives it on the mountains —- even if this is ten mil and this is ten mil —- and it dies, he is liable.  [If] one rents a donkey to drive it on the mountain, and he drives it in the valley —- if it slips, he is exempt; but if it dies from the heat, he is liable. [If he rents it] to drive it in the valley, and he drives it on the mountain —- if it slips, he is liable; but if it dies from the heat, he is exempt; if [it dies] because of the ascent, he is liable.  [If] one rents a donkey, and it becomes blind or is seized for public service, he may say to him: “That which is yours is before you.” [If] it dies or breaks a leg, he is obligated to provide him with [another] donkey.