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3 had been oonqoeiad by Kauder Sbflnh, and part of it wm iMtoied,
4 wUb a large portion of tliat of the Ghiljies, on the CKpioaa condiiiony
5 that thej ihoiihl fnmiah a honeman fiir every plou^^; and the pei^
6 fimnance of thia engagement to the Fenian monaxch haa, ever aince
7 been ezfcted by the A^liaan-dynaaly which haa aocoeeded to hia
8 ri^ita and pfetenaiona.
9 The oflUaaia of the hofae ibna laiaed aieihe civil mi^;iatratea of the
10 eountzy allcitted to'mdntain t]iem*» and thia ayatem ia leoondled
11 to that of the Oolooaa government, by making the militaiy diviaiona
12 oortespond to thooe of the tribe* and by niaintaining all the rdationa
13 * So fiff the tjitem. lesembles that adopted by the emperor tor U* Htmgarian fiftiotier,
14 and thus described by Mr. Townson : " This long tract of liUid which surrounds Ilun-
15 ** guy on thie south aod on the eaat, has about 520,000 inhnbitantii, the fifth part of
16 " wbidk k nUkiay, It ii ditkled into '&re principal d»iniii% aa thow of the Bona^'
17 ' of Croatia, of Dalmatia, of Sclavonia, and of I runsylvanU ; these are again divided
18 " iino provinccN or rcglinontal districts, and these into companies. As this i" fjuirr^ a
19 " nuliLary government, there are no civil magistrates, but military ones : a r«^[uuci)tal
20 ** dirtriet nay be oonrfdered is a eovntiy, lad it baa, inrtnd of a kwd Ikntenant, a.
21 ** colonel ; nnd a district of a company, which WOty be considered as a processus, instead
22 " of a judex nobilium, a captain ; and so likewise with the inferior officers, who supply
23 ** the places' of mftrior civil magistrates." This plan, however, was adopted by the
24 Bnngartan govenUMUt aa a check to the oicroachmenta of Ihe Turks. Its object was to
25 secure tlie zealous servi<c of a warliko lx)dy particular!}^ intrrested in the defence of the
26 frontier. That of tlie iX>oraunee government, on the contrary, was merdy taken, up
27 m a euBwnieBt way of paying part of Ae army for genetal MrviQe^ For dicse t«»^
28 pOBs, the government of Hungary is strict in providing for the actual residence of
29 every holder of land: it also provide*, for the actual service of the holder's son.*;, and
30 it forbids the transfer of tlic bnd without express permission. The Dooraunec govern-
31 ment, oa the contrary, shews no anxiety on any of these heads, which it leaves to
32 the discretion of individuals. Residence is no object, and transfer does not signify,
33 where all the populatioo is military, and where there is none of that discipUne whiidb
34 iaden it » dennlile ts retafai an M woUkT, The gofcnment by tribea ttnpog dM
35 DoofBonea^ oontftitatas die priadpal contrast between them and the Und-hoiden on
36 the Hungarian frontier, and, even with them, the character of an <^ccr is not quite
37 sunk in tiiat of a head of a tribe. The heads of Dooraunee clans are called by the
38 tOUtary tide of Sudur (genenl), wldle Ihoae of the other tribca hme that of Khaun
39 (chieftain) : the former rrfirrinr^r to thv MOk in the Idl^'s anaj* Mid tiie^la^
40 their hereditary rehitiou to Iheir tribe«
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