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208 the Indian cottage, a tale. Sept, vB. 
' The comic and pathetic here you find, yey 
Which never’fail to influence the minds 
And tho’ on different subjects hints you see, 
Allow me yet one thought upon the Bee. 
Its not suppos’d the Bee can food extract 
From ev’ry fhrub and herb her view may attract; . 
And tho’ the gardner plants for her profuse, 
She’s the best judge of what is fit to choose ; t 
And some as uselefs surely must refuse. 
By this is meant, that what’s above inclos’d 
The Bee will use as fhe fhall be dispos’d: 
Ox if the whole fhe chooses to reject, 
The hermit is dispos’d not to reflect. 
As nothing here he hopés is said amifs, 
Allow him only farther to say this: 
If the is pleased to admit his song, 
He’ll give her hints quite fhort as it is long. 
But if refus’d, and mov’d the hermit’s moan, 
He'll swear the Bee’s turn’d to a perfect drone; 
Or tho’ that he fhould never better thrive 
Drives him unwilling to some other hive. 
Not you to tire with any further chat, 
The subject far exceeds the lady’s cat. 
The one pathetic, and the other comic, 
The long deserves as well’s the fhort laconic. 
In thort4s-to the rest he’s quite indifferent ; 
She’ll do with them as seemeth most convenient « 
‘To read and burn or put in at her pleasure 
Now or at any time when most at leisure. 
Several other pieces of the same stamp have been received which 
“are omitted. 
THE INDIAN COTTAGE 
A TALE. 
Continued from p.79 
Ir was in the invirons of Delhi that I made these reflections. 
They emboldened me so much, that I entered that city in the eve- 
re by the gate of Lahore. I first hurried through a long solitary 
et, formed to the right and left, by houses, with terraces in front, 
seemed by arches, under which are the fhops of various kinds 
oF * merchandise At due distances, | met with gteat caravanseras 
strongly bolted, and vast bazarsy or market places, where the most 
profound silence reigned. Approaching the interior parts of the ci- 
