To maintain these reservoirs, and to keep up an annual advance to the cultivators for seed and cattle, formed a principal object of the piety and policy of the priests and rulers of the Gentoo religion.
Burke emphasizes the importance of maintaining reservoirs and providing support to cultivators as a religious and political duty.
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