where-certain imposts^are.colleeted; a third has lan44^^•^&iteproport>iQ^
jlqythe important® off hisJr§speGtive^mi{ployment; ^^tfese^'dg^atlQiis,
they are-no£_ only, bound in th’eii? own personal servitude, Hut likewise^in
that*of all Itheir dependants ; they are called* sl#esvo£ the King, and; in
turii-.their Vassals- are denominated slaves to them; the condi tion‘*of these
grants include algo services of war, as well as the duties of office. Thug the
^Irih^t^owrniMA-exMbits.alnaost a .faithful-picture of Europe in the
darkeriagesyrwMfi, on fhe’-dtciinev blithe' Roman empire^the principles* of
feodal depefldatlce-were established by barbarians from tffe north.
1 A i ^ n g h it seemsdiffieulty and pferhaps:imp®sslble,irifSer such a system,
to. ascertain, in any standard currency, the amount ©f»tfie;'-'^y^{revenue,
yet the riches which the Birman monarch is said to possess are immense,
a supposition that may readily be admitted, when it is considered that
a very small share of what enters his exchequer, returns into circulation.
The hoarding of money is a favourite maxim of oriental state policy;
an eastern potentate cannot be brought to comprehend that the diffusion
of property among his subjects is- a surer source of wealth to himself, and
of security to his throne, than the: possession of Lydian treasures, locked
up in vaults, and concealed in’ secret recesses, contrived by sordid avaMetes,
and foolish cunriingifdi