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Inspection. There were village-officers who overlooked the 

 ploughing, sowing, and harvesting. When there was a defi 

 ciency of rain, measured quantities of water were supplied 

 by the State. All who travelled without authority were 

 punished as vagabonds ; but for those who were authorized 1 

 to travel for public purposes, there were establishments sup 

 plying lodging and necessaries. &quot;It was the duty of the 

 decurions to see that the people were clothed ;&quot; and the kinds 

 of cloth, decorations, badges, &c., to be worn by the different 

 ranks were prescribed. Besides this regulation of external 

 life there was regulation of domestic life. The people were 

 required to &quot; dine and sup with open doors, that the judges 

 might be able to enter freely;&quot; and these judges had to see 

 that the house, clothes, furniture, &c., were kept clean and in 

 order, and the children properly disciplined : those who mis 

 managed their houses being flogged. Subject to this minute 

 control, the people laboured to support this elaborate State- 

 organization. The political, religious, and military classes 

 were exempt from tribute ; while the labouring classes when 

 not serving in the army, had to yield up all produce beyond 

 that required for their bare sustenance. Of the whole empire, 

 one-third was allotted for supporting the State, one-third for 

 supporting the priesthood who ministered to the manes of 

 ancestors, and the remaining third had to support the workers. 

 Besides giving tribute by tilling the lands of the Sun and the 

 King, the workers had to till the lands of the soldiers on duty, 

 as well as those of incapables. And they also had to pay 

 tribute of clothes, shoes, and arms. Of the lands on which the 

 people maintained themselves, a tract was apportioned to 

 each man according to the size of his family. Similarly with 

 the produce of the flocks. Such moiety of this in each dis 

 trict as was not required for supplying public needs, wag 

 periodical!}- shorn, and the wool divided by officials. These 

 arrangements were in pursuance of the principle that &quot; the 

 private property of each man was held by favour of the Ynca, 

 and according to their laws he had no other title to it.&quot; Thus 



