Now there are two kinds of feudalism, which the old feudalists put down very clearly in two words now out of date"fiefs of dignity" and "fiefs simple."

Position of the Great Feudalists.

Rights of Treasure-trove, Sporting, Safe-Conducts, Ransom, Disinheritance, &c.Immunity of the Feudalists.

Position of the Great Feudalists.

[Illustration: Fig. 8.Charles, eldest Son of King Pepin, receives the News of the Death of his Father and the Great Feudalists offer him the Crown.

Rights of Treasure-trove, Sporting, Safe Conducts, Ransom, Disinheritance, &c.Immunity of the Feudalists.

A right which feudalists had the greatest interest in observing, and causing to be respected, because they themselves might with their wandering habits require it at any moment, was that of safe convoy, or guidance.

The Chinese gentry, so far as they still existed, preferred to work with him rather than with the feudalist Huns.