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" wildbeafts, and of birds: and among others five kinds 

 " of the lion that frequents certain great forefts. The 

 *' moft celebrated of thefe is the lion Chalarafi^ whofc 

 *' throat, legs and feet, and the tip of whofe tail, are 

 *' red; and from the top of whofe head a read ftreak. 

 *' runs along his back, and defcendingby his fides, ter- 

 *' minates at the navel. His mane alfo is red, and his 

 '* roar is heard through an extent of thirty-three 

 ^^ juzana. The other animals, when they hear the 

 " tremendous found, dare not remain in their reding 

 *' places. His agility is wonderful ; and his fleetnefs 

 " fuch, that in a moment he runs a league, taking 

 " 140 cubits at each fpring. When he wants to un- 

 " load his bowels, to enjoy a female, or to fatisfy his 

 *' hunger, he comes out from his cave, and roars 

 *' thrice terribly. The echo anfwers all around for 

 " three juzana : and before the echo has ceafed, he 

 " has preyed on many deer, and other animals. His 

 " ftrength is fo immenfe, that he kills the largeft ele- 

 " phant with the fame eafe as another lion would the 

 " timid hare. It is further faid, that this lion deeps 

 *' on his right fide, with his tail under him, and with 

 " all his limbs properly difpofed. When he awakes, 

 " if he finds that during his fleep he has altered this 

 *' pofture, as a kind of punifliment he flays in his 

 *' cave all that day. There is alfo another kind of 

 " lion, which has a human head, but a lion's body*. 

 " This kind is never feen but when a God appears 

 " on earth." 



" XXXII. In thefe regions dwells a king of the 

 " Nat BoMMAzot. He lives for the duration of a 

 " whole world, and his virtue is faid to be great. It 

 " is related of this king, that at a certain time hav- 

 *' ing paffed through the whole world, he found all 

 *' the habitations of the Nai nearly empty : for an im- 

 " menfe multitude of Nai, as Well as of men, had 

 " affembled in a certain kingdom to hear Godama, 

 " who was then preaching a divine fermon. Then 



" great 

 * This lion feems to be the Narfiva of the Brahmens. 

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