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held his office nominally for life�察�but he could seldom be induced to retain 

it   after   the   first   approach   of   old   age。 There   was   indeed   in   this   society 

nothing   to   induce   any   of   its   members   to   covet   the   cares   of   office。   No 

honours�察  �no   insignia   of  higher   rank�察  �were   assigned   to   it。     The   supreme 

magistrate   was   not   distinguished   from   the   rest   by   superior   habitation   or 

revenue。        On     the    other    hand�察    �the   duties    awarded       to   him    were 

marvellously light and easy�察�requiring no preponderant degree of energy or 

intelligence。      There being no apprehensions of war�察�there were no armies 

to maintain�察�there  being no   government of force�察 �there  was   no  police  to 

appoint and direct。         What we call crime was utterly unknown to the Vril´ 

ya�察  �and   there   were   no   courts of   criminal   justice。     The   rare instances   of 

civil disputes were referred for arbitration to friends chosen by either party�察�

or decided by the Council of Sages�察�which will be described later。                       There 

were   no   professional   lawyers�察  �and   indeed   their   laws   were   but   amicable 

conventions�察�for there was no power to enforce laws against an offender 

who   carried   in   his   staff   the   power   to   destroy   his   judges。    There   were 

customs and regulations to compliance   with which�察�for several ages�察 �the 

people      had   tacitly    habituated     themselves�察      �or  if  in   any    instance     an 

individual felt such compliance hard�察�he quitted the community and went 

elsewhere。       There was�察�in fact�察�quietly established amid this state�察�much 

the   same     compact     that   is   found   in  our   private   families�察   �in  which     we 

virtually  say  to   any  independent   grown´up   member   of   the   family   whom 

we     receive    to   entertain�察    �Stay    or   go�察  �according      as   our   habits    and 

regulations suit or displease you。;            But though there were no laws such as 

we call laws�察�no race above ground is so 37law´observing。                      Obedience to 

the rule adopted by the community has become as much an instinct as if it 

were implanted by nature。            Even in every household the head of it makes 

a regulation for its guidance�察�which is never resisted nor even cavilled at 

by those who belong to the family。              They have a proverb�察�the pithiness of 

which   is   much   lost   in   this   paraphrase�察   �No   happiness   without   order�察  �no 

order without authority�察�no authority without unity。;                  The mildness of all 



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government   among   them�察  �civil   or   domestic�察  �may   be   signalised   by   their 

idiomatic   expressions   for   such   terms   as   illegal   or   forbidden´   viz。�察   �It   is 

requested not to do so and so。;            Poverty among the Ana is as unknown as 

crime�察�not   that property  is held   in common�察  �or that   all are   equals in   the 

extent of their possessions or the size and luxury of their habitations�此�but 

there being no difference of rank or position between the grades of wealth 

or   the   choice   of   occupations�察  �each   pursues   his   own   inclinations   without 

creating envy or vying�察�some like a modest�察�some a more splendid kind of 

life�察�each makes himself happy in his own way。                  Owing to this absence of 

competition�察  �and   the   limit   placed   on   the   population�察  �it   is   difficult   for   a 

family     to   fall  into   distress�察  �there   are   no   hazardous      speculations�察    �no 

emulators      striving    for  superior     wealth    and   rank。    No     doubt�察  �in   each 

settlement all originally had the same proportions of land dealt out to them�察�

but   some�察  �more   adventurous   than   others�察�had   extended their  possessions 

farther into the bordering wilds�察�or had improved into richer fertility the 

produce      of   their   fields�察 �or   entered    into   commerce       or   trade。    Thus�察�

necessarily�察  �some   had   grown   richer   than   others�察  �but   none   had   become 

absolutely poor�察�or wanting anything which their tastes desired。                       If they 

did so�察�it was always in their power to migrate�察�or at the worst to apply�察�

without shame and with certainty of aid�察�to the rich�察�for all the members of 

the community considered themselves as brothers of one affectionate and 

united family。       More upon this head will be treated of incidentally as my 

narrative   proceeds。   38   The   chief   care   of   the   supreme   magistrate   was   to 

communicate          with     certain     active    departments        charged      with     the 

administration   of   special   details。       The   most   important   and   essential   of 

such details was that connected with the due provision of light。                      Of this 

department my host�察�Aph´Lin�察�was the chief。                 Another department�察�which 

might be called the foreign�察�communicated with the neighbouring kindred 

states�察�principally for the purpose of ascertaining all new inventions�察�and 

to a third department all such inventions and improvements in machinery 

were     committed       for  trial。   Connected       with    this  department       was   the 

College   of   Sages´   a   college   especially   favoured   by   such   of   the   Ana   as 

were     widowed       and   childless�察   �and    by   the   young     unmarried      females�察�

amongst whom Zee was the most active�察�and�察�if what we call renown or 



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distinction was a thing acknowledged by this people ��which I shall later 

show it is not���察�among the more renowned or distinguished。                        It is by the 

female Professors of this College that those studies which are deemed of 

least use in practical life´ as purely speculative philosophy�察�the history of 

remote periods�察�and such sciences as entomology�察�conchology�察�&c。´ are the 

more      diligently    cultivated。      Zee�察    �whose     mind�察   �active    as   Aristotle's�察�

equally embraced the largest domains and the minutest details of thought�察�

had written two volumes on the parasite insect that dwells amid the hairs 

of   a   tiger's*   paw�察  �which   work   was   considered   the   best   authority  on   that 

interesting subject。 

     * The animal here referred to has many points of difference from the 

tiger of   the upper   world。       It   is   larger�察 �and   with   a   broader paw�察 �and still 

more   receding   frontal。       It   haunts   the side   of   lakes   and pools�察  �and   feeds 

principally on fishes�察�though it does not object to any terrestrial animal of 

inferior strength that comes in its way。               It is becoming very scarce even 

in    the   wild   districts�察   �where    it  is   devoured      by   gigantic    reptiles。     I 

apprehended that it clearly belongs to the tiger species�察�since the parasite 

animalcule   found   in   its paw�察 �like   that   in   the Asiatic  tiger�察 �is   a   miniature 

image of itself。 

     But   the   researches   of   the   sages   are   not   confined   to   such   subtle   or 

elegant   studies。      They   comprise   various   others   more   39important�察  �and 

especially   the   properties   of   vril�察  �to   the   perception   of   which   their   finer 

nervous organisation renders the female Professors eminently keen。                          It is 

out   of   this   college   that   the  Tur�察  �or   chief   magistrate�察  �selects   Councillors�察�

limited     to  three�察   �in  the   rare  instances     in   which    novelty     of  event    or 

circumstance perplexes his own judgment。 

     There are a few other departments of minor consequence�察�but all are 

carried on so   noiselessly�察 �and   quietly  that the  evidence   of   a   government 

seems      to   vanish    altogether�察    �and    social   order    to   be   as   regular    and 

unobtrusive as if it were a law of nature。                Machinery is employed to an 

inconceivable   extent   in   all   the   operations   of   labour   within   and   without 

doors�察  �and   it   is   the   unceasing   object   of   the   department   charged   with   its 

administration to extend its efficiency。              There is no class of labourers or 

servants�察  �but   all   who   are   required   to   assist   or   control   the   machinery  are 



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found in the children�察�from the time they leave the care of their mothers to 

the    marriageable     age�察  �which     they   place   at  sixteen   for  the   Gy´ei    ��the 

females���察�twenty for the Ana ��the males��。              These children are formed into 

bands and sections under their own chiefs�察�each following the pursuits in 

which     he   is  most   pleased�察   �or  for  which     he  feels   himself    most   fitted。 

Some   take   to   handicrafts�察 �some   to   agriculture�察 �some   to   household   work�察�

and    some     to  the  only   services    of  danger     to  which    the   population     is 

exposed�察  �for   the   sole   perils   that   threaten   this   tribe   are�察  �first�察  �from   those 

occasional      convulsions     within    the   earth�察 �to  foresee    and   guard    against 

which tasks their utmost ingenuity´ irruptions of fire and water�察�the storms 

of subterranean winds and escaping gases。               At the borders of the domain�察�

and     at  all  places    where     such   peril   might    be   apprehended�察      �vigilant 

inspectors   are   stationed   with   telegraphic   communications   to   the   hall   in 

which   chosen   sages   take   it   by   turns   to   hold   perpetual   sittings。   These 

inspectors are always selected from the elder boys approaching the age of 

puberty�察�and on the principle that at that age observation is more acute and 

the physical forces more alert than at any other。                The second service of 

danger�察�less grave�察�40is in the destruction of all creatures hostile to the life�察�

or   the   culture�察  �or  even    the  comfort�察   �of   the  Ana。    Of    these   the   most 

formidable are the vast reptiles�察�of some of which antediluvian relics are 

preserved in our museums�察�and certain gigantic winged creatures�察�half bird�察�

half reptile。     These�察�together with lesser wild animals�察�corresponding to 

our tigers or venomous serpents�察�it is left to the younger children to hunt 

and destroy�察  �because�察�according   to the Ana�察�here  ruthlessness is   wanted�察�

and the younger the 

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