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dismount conveniently. K g then tickled him to make him 



kick, which the awkward looking beast did in a very laughable 

 manner, and the laugh of the spectators was not diminished 



by his squeezing K g so close into a corner, that he could only 



escape by slipping under the creature's belly. K g finished 



the exhibition by making him turn round, and again salaam the 

 company. 



162. I will not swear that K g, who has much quiet humour, 



did not propose going into any other den and show off all the lions 

 and tigers in a similar manner, but he found, of course unexpectedly, 

 on looking at his watch, that he was obliged to hurry off instantly. 

 The delighted and bewildered keeper entreated him to reveal the 



secret by which such marvellous feats were performed. K g 



promised to do so on his return to London ; and he would have 

 kept his wofd, had not the poor elephant soon afterwards died in 

 cutting his tusks. So the man to this day, for all I know to the 

 contrary, thinks my friend little less than a necromancer. 



163. It is to be observed that ladies' dogs are generally so pam- 

 pered and overfed that a common reward does not stimulate them 

 to exertion in the same degree it does dogs less favoured. I should 



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speak more correctly if I said less fed ; for I am ungallant enough 

 to fancy, that an unpacked canine jury would consider the good 



