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They were fine animals. He took great de- 

 light in shewing' them to the native Gentle- 

 men, calling them the English elephants. 

 Fora long time he amused himself daily in 

 seeing what a quantity of grain they devoured 

 at each meal, in fact, they were never put to 

 any use whatever, and were soon killed by 

 overfeeding. 



The Vizier was supposed to have the lar- 

 gest and finest collection of pigeons and 

 doves iu the universe. Their number and 

 variety were so great, that I should fail in 

 any attempt to describe them. They were 

 kept in a large enclosure containing a num- 

 ber of houses. Some of them were as large 

 as common fowls, others very small. Many 

 of the doves were less than the common 

 thrush of this country. 



This extraordinary man, spent the whole 



of his time in viewing the different things he 



possessed, or in shooting, cock-fighting, quail 



fighting, pigeon flying, or paper kite flying 



O 



