estors,
whose separate tribes clung to their hereditary laws, and differed from
one another in this respect as much as they did from the Gauls in the
color of their eyes and hair. They knew well enough that it was in their
power to alter the laws, but they considered them as something which
ought not to be altered. Thus when the emperor Otho was doubtful on a
point of the law of inheritance, he caused the case to be decided by an
ordeal or judgment of God. In Sicily, one city had Chalcidian, another
Doric laws, although their populations, as well as their dialects, were
greatly mixed; but the leaders of those colonies had been Chalcidians in
the one case and Dorians in the others. The Chalcidians, moreover, were
divided into four, the Dorians into three tribes, and their differences
in these respects were manifested even in their weights and measures.
The division into three tribes was a genuine Latin institution; and
there are reasons which render it probable that the Sabines had a
division of their states into four tribes. The transportation of the
Latins to Rome must be regarded as the origin of the _plebs_.

PRINCE JIMMU FOUNDS JAPAN'S CAPITAL

B.C. 660

SIR EDWARD REED THE "NEHONGI"

Prince Jimmu is the founder of the Empire of Japan, according to
Japanese tradition. The whole of his history is overlaid with myth
and legend. But it points to the immigration of western Asiatics by
way of Corea into the Japanese islands of Izumo and Kyushu.

The historical records of the Japanese relate that Jimmu,
accompanied by an elder brother, Prince Itsuse, started from their
grandfather's palace on Mount Takaclicho. They marched with a large
number of followers, a horde of men, women, and children, as well
as a band of armed men. On landing in Japan, after many years
wandering by sea and land, they had serious conflicts with the
native tribes. They eventually succeeded in overcoming all
opposition and in conquering the country, so that Prince Jimmu was
enabled to build a palace and set up a capital, Kashiha-bara, in
Yamato. This prince is regarded by Japanese historians as the
founder of the Japanese Empire. He is said to have reigned
seventy-five years after his accession, and to have died at the age
of one hundred and twenty-seven years, and his burial place is
pointed out on the northern side of Mount Unebi, in the provin