SectionIII
OfRudeNationsundertheImpressionsofPropertyandInterestItwasaproverbialimprecationinuseamongthehuntingnationsontheconfinesofSiberia,ThattheirenemymightbeobligedtolivelikeaTartar,andbeseizedwiththefollyofbreedingandattendinghiscattle。24*Nature,itseems,intheirapprehension,bystoringthewoodsandthedesertwithgame,renderedthetaskoftheherdsmanunnecessary,andlefttomanonlythetroubleofselectingandofseizinghisprey。
Theindolenceofmankind,orrathertheiraversiontoanyapplicationinwhichtheyarenotengagedbyimmediateinstinctandpassion,retardstheirprogressinextendingthenotionofproperty。Ithasbeenfound,however,evenwhilethemeansofsubsistenceareleftincommon,andthestockofthepublicisyetundivided,thatthisnotionisalreadyappliedtodifferentsubjects;asthefurandthebowpertaintotheindividual,thecottage,withitsfurniture,areappropriatedtothefamily。
Whentheparentbeginstodesireabetterprovisionforhischildrenthanisfoundunderthepromiscuousmanagementofmanycopartners,whenhehasappliedhislabourandhisskillapart,heaimsatanexclusivepossession,andseeksthepropertyofthesoil,aswellastheuseofitsfruits。
Whentheindividualnolongerfindsamonghisassociatesthesameinclinationtocommiteverysubjecttopublicuse,heisseizedwithconcernforhispersonalfortune。andisalarmedbythecareswhicheverypersonentertainsforhimself。Heisurgedasmuchbyemulationandjealousy,asbythesenseofnecessity。