£48 , bbe Indian cottage, a tale; Sept. 25. 
THE INDIAN COTTAGE, 
A TALE. 
P Continued from page 111. 
* Ever since that time I have frequented only the suburbs of Delhiy 
Thence Isaw the stars enlightening the abodes of men, and confoun- 
ded with their fires, as ifthe fky and the city were only the same domain- 
When the moon poured her beamsupon the scene, I perceived other co- 
jours than those of the day. I admued the towers, the houses, and the 
trees, at once silvered and covered with fhades, which I saw reflected toa 
great distance on, the waters of the Gemma, I traversed at liberty 
the solitary and silent quarters of the city which then seemed wholly 
my own. Meanwhile mankind would have refused me a handful of 
Tice, so odious had religion rendered me. Not being able therefore ta 
find the means of subsistence among the living, | sought it among the 
dead; I went to the tombs to eat the victuals presented by the 
pious relations at the graves of the deceased. 
“ Jn those places J loved to méditate. I said to myself, “ Here is the 
city of peace: here power and pride disappear; innocence and vir- 
tue ate safe : here all the cares and fearsof life are dead; even the 
fears ot death are forgot. ‘[nis is the inn wherethe traveller takes 
up his lodging for ever; and here the paria finds a place of repose.” 
During suck meditations, I despised the world, and thought death a 
thing to be desired. I considered the east, where each moment a mu]- 
titude of stars were rising, Although their destinations were un. 
known to me, I perceived that they were connected with those of 
the human race, and that nature which had caused to afsemble, for 
the relief of their wants, so many objects that they never see, had 
no lefs attached to them those that fhe presents to their view. My 
soul therefore ascended the fkies with the stars; and when Aurora 
began to join to their sweet and eternal brightnefs, her rosy tints, I be- 
lieved myself at the gates of heaven. But as soon as her fires gilded the 
spires of the pagodas I vanifhed like a fhade ; I went away to repose 
niyself far from men, in the fields, at the foot of a tree, where the birds 
with their songs lulled me asleep.” 
‘Sensible and unfortunate man, said the Englifhman, your story is 
very offecting. Believe me the most part of cities fhould be seen only 
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