if  an  ax  abotlld  &1I  into  *  pit,  the  owner  might
tnplaf  workmen  u  lift  it  ont ;  or  if  a  houu
thrtatoKd  to  bit  down,  the  inhabiOnta  might  lake
atk  Willi  !■  ai  would  p»Tent  iti  Ming,  without
■sUating  the  feriae.  (Hkcrab.  i,  e.  and  iiL  3  ;
Viig.  aiory.L270,  with  the  mnarkgof  J.H.Vou;
Cuo,  da  Re  RiuL  3 ;  Colnmclla,  iL  22  ;  compue
Kath.  siL  II  ;  Luke  nr,  S.)  H«peetingthe  va-
rienkindi  of  l^al  a^un  which  might  he  brought
hrftn  the  pnetor  on  daya  o  psblic  ieriae,  ice
Dvnt.  Z  tit.  12.  •.  2.
ll  ■  I  iin  to  hare  beo)  owing  to  the  iromenie  In-
eceae  of  the  Roman  republic  and  of  the  accumnla-
tioa  of  bvuiiiev  atiih^  there&om,  that  lome  of  the
fcnaa  meh  aa  the  Conpitalia  and  Lapeicalia,  in
the  eeorae  of  time  ceued  to  be  obKned,  until  they
wen  leatwed  \ij  AngniUia,  who  rerived  many  of

Aa^  31.)  Marcua  Antiminui  again  incrcaaed  tbe
nmnbs  of  dayi  of  boaineu  {dm/aiH)  to  230,  and
the  remaining  daji  were  feriae.  (Capitol  Af.^nlon.
itite.  10.)  After  the  introduction  of  Chriiti-
amty  in  tJie  Boman  empire,  the  old  feriae  were
ahjiabed,  and  the  Sabbath,  together  with  tbe
niililhii  feitinla,  were  tDbalitated  ;  but  the  loan-
■cr  in  which  they  were  kept  wna  nearly  (ha  Bune
■i  that  in  wfatch  the  feriae  bad  been  ohoerred.
