CHAPTER XXin. 



DOMUS. SURAT. THE NATURE OF THE JUNGLES 

 BEYOND. A BOA CONSTRICTOR. A TIGER. A 

 LION. TERRIBLE CONFLICT. A BANYAN TREE. 



AT Domus, Mr. Barrill disposed of his tusks to a Parsee 

 merchant, for about one-half the price he could have 

 obtained if he had conveyed them to Surat. But he was 

 glad to ged rid of the burden. Domus was a small town. 

 The inhabitants were courteous enough, but we understood 

 that some of them were strongly suspected of being en- 

 gaged in piracy. Our servants informed us that the 

 Parsees were very numerous in the country northward, 

 and their enterprise was the chief source of its prosperity. 



At noon the second day after our arrival at Domus, we 

 came within sight of the celebrated city of Surat. Its 

 towers and pagodas gave it an imposing appearance at a 



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