BOOK III PART II
themselves without any established govern-
ment and never pay submission to any of their
fellows, except in time of war, when their cap-
tain enjoys a shadow of authority, which he
loses after their return from the field, and the
establishment of peace with the neighbouring
tribes. This authority, however, instructs them
in the advantages of government, and teaches
them to have recourse to it, when either by
the pillage of war, by commerce, or by any
fortuitous inventions, their riches and posses-
sions have become so considerable as to make
them forget, on every emergence, the interest
they have in the preservation of peace and jus-
tice. Hence we may give a plausible reason,
among others, why all governments are at first
monarchical, without any mixture and variety;
and why republics arise only from the abuses
of monarchy and despotic power. Camps are