Moreover, the whole place was managed by Mr.Carson on the co-operative system; he only took a tithe of the produce--indeed, in this land of teeming plenty, what was he to do with more?
Consequently the tribesmen, who, by the way, called themselves the "Children of Thomas," were able to accumulate considerable wealth.

All their disputes were referred to their "father," and he also was judge of offences and crimes.

Some were punished by imprisonment, whipping, and loss of goods, other and graver transgressions by expulsion from the community, a fiat which to one of these favoured natives must have seemed as heavy as the decree that drove Adam from the Garden of Eden.
Old Mr.Carson leaned upon his daughter's arm and contemplated the scene with pride.
"I have done all this, Allan Quatermain," he said.

"When renouncing civilization, I wandered here by chance; seeking a home in the remotest places of the world, I found this lonely spot a wilderness.

Nothing was to be seen except the site, the domes of the marble huts, and the waterfalls.