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" run much fafter, and hold out longer than he. Then the 

 " matter comes gently about him, flattering him, and throw- 

 " ing him fome pieces of flefli ; and thus amufing him, puts 

 " fomething over his eyes to cover them, and fo chains him 

 ** and puts him on the chariot again." 



The fmooth horned variety, i. p. 91. refembles the other in Smooth- 

 all refpecfts but the horns. The vagabond Faquirs frequently telope. 

 carry the horns of both kinds as weapons ; they place them 

 parallel, unite them in the middle, and arm the points with 

 iron. 



The Cbinefe Antelope, N° 44, or A. gutturofa, is found on 

 the borders between I'angut and Hindoojlan, but is properly a 

 Scythian animal. 



The beautiful fpotted deer the Axis., N° 56, enlivens the 

 banks of the Ganges. Among the fabulous accounts Pliny 

 had fuffered to difgrace his book, viii. c. 21, which enumerates 

 the animals of India., is a very juft one of this fpecies, which 

 he fays was facred to Bacchus. 



The little bright ruft-colored mufk, N' 68, was among Lady MuskDeers. 

 Impey\ drawings. 



Wild boars of vaft fize, and of a brown and brindled Whd Boars. 

 color, lodge in the jungles, and are uncommonly fierce. They 

 are fhot by the Polygars, and fold to the Europeans ; and they 

 and the pigs are efteemed excellent meat. 



The Arabian, or fingle-bunched camel, N* 69, is frequent Camel?. 

 on the banks of the Ganges, about Patna ?ind Monghier; all 

 this part of Bengal being, in the dry feafon, adapted to the feet 

 of this peculiar animal. They are nfually employed to carry 



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