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XIII. 



ANECDOTES OF TIGERS, LIONS, 

 GORILLAS, ELEPHANTS, &c. 



MY dear friends, I propose in this lecture to 

 say something to you of tigers, leopards, and 

 other beasts of prey in hot countries. 



You have all heard of the kingdom of Oude, 

 in India, and of its capital, Lucknow, where 

 such fearful scenes took place during the late 

 mutiny in that country. The King of Oude, be- 

 fore these events happened, was a weak and very 

 depraved man, guilty of many cruelties, and 

 governing his country in the most miserable 

 manner. Amongst other fancies, he had one of 

 collecting numbers of wild beasts and other 

 animals in a park near his palace. Here might 

 have been seen elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses, 



