(M120) To return to the organisation of the Indian inheritance:—The duty of maintenance(243) of the younger members of the family devolves upon the eldest son at the death of his father. If the brothers are all “perfect in their own occupations,” and they come to an equal division, “some trifle should be given to the elder (brother) to indicate an increased respect for him.”(244) Also if in division there remains over an odd goat or sheep, or animal, it goes to the eldest brother. If any brother has disgraced himself, he does not deserve a share in the property.(245) Sisters’ portions are allotted out of all the brothers’ shares equally.(246) Property is divided once only.(247) But if “on living together after being separated, they divide (the inheritance) a second time, in that case the division should be equal, (as) in that case no right of primogeniture occurs.”(248) The father’s wealth acquired during his lifetime is at his own disposal, and need not be divided amongst his sons.(249) Likewise with any property acquired by the sons.(250) If “any one of the brothers, being able (to support himself) by his own occupation, does not desire (his share of the) property,” he may be excluded from the division, but “something for his support” should be given him to discharge his claim of maintenance from the family at any future time.(251) § 4. Tenure Of Land In Homer: The Κλῆρος And The Τέμενος. (M121) In the Homeric poems, written, as they are, from an aristocratic or heroic point of view, a great gulf always exists between the royal or princely class and the ordinary tribesmen. The βασιλεύς—the lion of his people(252)—has his select estate, his τέμενος, with orchards and gardens of considerable extent; while the swarms of tribesmen are allotted their κλῆροι in the open field, their share in the common pasture, and depend on each other for help in the vintage and harvest. (M122) The possession of large estates and of multitudinous flocks and herds was one of the privileges of the chieftain or tribesman of princely rank. “For surely his livelihood (_i.e._ Odysseus’) was great past telling, no lord in the dark mainland had so much, nor any in Ithaka itself; nay, not twenty men together have wealth so great, and I will tell thee the sum thereof. Twelve herds of kine upon the mainland, as many flocks of sheep, as many droves of swine, as many ranging herds of goats, that his own shepherds and strangers pasture. And ranging herds of goats, eleven in all, graze here by the extremity of the island with trusty men to watch them.”(253)