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GANGETIG HINDOOSTAN. 



the trees oppofite to the unfavorable afpeiV, and to bring; 

 the bearing branches over fo as to face the cooleft wind, 

 by which contrivance the grapes are brought to perfec- 

 tion. 



Different varieties of the hunting Lvnxes, or the Siyab- Hunting 



Lynxes. 



^bujis, are found ni Bengal-, at firft they were trained only 

 to hunt hares and foxes, but Akbar brought them to feize the 

 agile antelope. There are in that province the Perfian^-^ 

 N* 207, and the Caracal of Bengal^ de Buffon, ix. 262. tab. xxiv. 



I REPEAT my mention of the Ichneumon^ — ii. N° 255, weefel, Ichneumon, 

 or Majtgoufiy the famous ferpent-killing weefel of Indian not 

 only to diilinguifli it from the Egyptian, which is lefTer, and has 

 a much fliorter tail, but to introduce the elegant lines of Lucan, 

 tranflated by Ro%ve, on the nature of the animal, which quite 

 agrees with that of £fV/)/. 



Thus oft' the Ichneumon on the banks oi Nile 



Invades the deadly Afpic by a wile ; 



While artfully his flender tail is play'd. 



The ferpent darts upon the dancing fliade ; 



Then turning on the foe with fwift furprife. 



Full on the throat the nimble feizer flies. 



The gafping fnake expires beneath the wound, "J 



His gufliing jaws with poilbnous floods abound, \ 



And llied the fruitlefs mifchief on the ground. J 



The FoiTunc, — N''28o, is found in Bem^al, as well as Af<?- Fossane 



Weesel. 

 dagafcar. 



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