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CHAP. IV.

The authority of a Sovereign, and fubordinateofficers, over a iociety compofed of differenttribes or villages.

SECTION I.

The conJUtufon of government arifing from the unionof djjeient tril>ei> or villages.

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Jl HE improvement of agriculture, as it, increa-fes the qi antity of pruvilions, and renders parti-cular tribes more numerous and flourilhing, fo itobliges them at length to feud out colonies to adiftance who occupy new leats wherever they canfind a convenient fituation , and are formed intofeparate villages, after the model of thofe withwhich they are acquainted. Tn.is, in proportionas a country is better cultivated, it comes to beinhabited by a greater number of dillintf focieties,whether derived from the fame or from a differentoriginal, agreeing in their manners, and refemblingeach other in ttieir inftitutions and cuftoms.

Thefe different communities being frequentlyat war, and being expofed to continual invaffonsfrom their neighbours, are in many cafes deter-mined , by the confide ration of their mutual in-tereft, to unity againlt their common enemies,and to form a variety of combinations, which, from