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ants were put to death, that they might be properly attended 

 in the other world. On the death of Huana Capac 1000 per- 

 sons were doomed to accompany him to his tomb. Thus, 

 upon the whole, this government must be deemed only seini- 

 civilized. 



The foregoing account is extracted from 3 Robertson. 



Of some anomalous States. 



Among these I denote that of the ancient Germans ; that 

 of the Otaheitans, and that of the inhabitants of the Pelew 

 Islands ; in which a mixture of savage, barbarian, and cir 

 vilized manners and modes of living were observed. 



Of the ancient Germans. 



Of the German tribes many were governed by kings, but 

 most had chiefs or leaders chosen for their valour. The au- 

 thority even of their kings was limited, except among the 

 Suiones. They had, for the most part, a class of nobility, out 

 pf which their kings were chosen. (I say for the most part, 



for 



