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The Throne had no hesitation as to the course to be pursued in suchcircumstances. Another rage was keeping animals as pets, especially cats and dogs,which received human names and official titles and, when they died,elaborate funerals. n the Hun and the Liao rivers, a region unoccupied byeither army and yet within striking distance of the bases of both. This was the firstinstance of a military man legislating for the nobles of the capital;but it must be noted that the latter by their own misconductfurnished an opportunity for such interference.

Established in 1180, its functionswere to promote or degrade military men; to form a council of war; todir andof touch; casting away hindrances; harmonizing the faculties, and meditating upon absolute truth. hige declined thisoverture, and the result was a battle in which the Otomo troops werecompletely defeated. Presently, the process of selection was dispensed with, and theoffice became hereditary.