A LETTER FROM THE NIGER. 



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At break of clay we set out in an imposing array. 

 Twelve elephants, brilliantly trapped, bore the rajah, 

 the principal officers of his suite, and your humble ser- 



A GUEPARD, OR HUNTING TIGER. 



vant, 13'ing, like the Romans at their feasts, on our 

 backs, under the howdahs. Beside us lay several good 

 rifles, and behind each of us, his eyes bandaged, a 



