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bourhood, from whence, by the facility with which 

 they are driven, they afford good sport, shooting 

 and hunting. A species of grass, somewhat like 

 the great meadow grass of this country, having 

 a more silky feel, grows on most of the large un- 

 cultivated plains in Bengal and Bahar, which is 

 cut about February, and put into ricks, or carried 

 to different towns and villages, to be sold for 

 thatching houses. It grows to the height of three 

 or four feet ; about the end of July, it is about two 

 feet high, arid affords hogs shelter, which they are 

 extremely fond of. They cut it down with their 

 teeth as if it were done with a scythe, and pile it 

 up into oblong heaps as regularly as thatch on 

 houses, which they creep under at one end, and 

 go out at the other, without disturbing the regu- 

 larity of the pile ; these we call their beds, in 

 which they are often found. 



