78 AN ACCOUNT OF THE WILD TIUBES 



After the death of a Jciiiiang or of a Ju- 

 rokra, llie Batiii will aj>point the eldestson 

 of Ihc deceased to succeed to the office; if 

 tlie ISaiin linds the eldest sou of the late 

 digiiitcirj unlll lor the nppoiutment, he will 

 name anotlici of ihe sanie family, ui% If tliere 

 is in ill e faiuiiy no proper person to fill tire 

 oflice, he will llien appoiut a sti aiiger to 

 ilie family. 



ci|ilc, that, from the very caniinencomenl of tlio mma] 

 state , ihe soiu cc of oil tenipornl pmvcr ami jumdiclioji 

 ]'* m Oie wili of the people voloiilarily fjivinj^ up tlieir 

 iibwty, and placing; it in luindu of person m to whoui 

 they arp iiatiunlly kd to look up . ;iml from \^ horn they 

 cm recfive pi-olpctioii am! assiataiu-c. lit such course of 

 tliiti^pii, as remarks mme author, laws uiuslhave 



prt^ccdeci the ktK)wied{|e of lelters ajid thi^ oilier avl& 

 of civilized life; and l\m ive ficcordiugly liud lu hi; tJie 

 ease, in the oral traditional code wliicli is in force 

 amongst the Jakuiis. 



