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gle, attacks the whole. He is received by a 

 brigade of pointed fpears ; and foon overpower- 

 ed : but in the bravery of his foul, he dies with- 

 out a wifh to retreat. 



In the forefts of Mallabar, and Bengal, 

 thy tyger roams. Of this animal there are 

 various kinds > the larger! and fiercefl is called 

 the royal-tyger. Of all the favages of the 

 foreft, he is the moil active, the moft in- 

 fidious, and the moft cruel. 



The forefts of India are inhabited alfo by 

 the gentle and inoffenfive elephant. This 

 animal commonly marches in focial bands. 

 The traveller hears them at a diftance, as 

 they traverfe the foreft; marking their rout, 

 by the crum, and defolation of thickets, and 

 intervening woods. He liftens without dif- 

 may; and even waits to be a fpectator of 

 the unwieldy proceflion, as it moves along. 



Dat euntibus ingens 



Sylva locum j et magno cedunt virgulta fragore. 



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