142 THE REV. W. YATES' ESSAY 



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The enemy^s elephants, killed by our destroying power, appeared by their flowing blood like a 

 dark cloud reddened by the setting sun. 



In the fourth genus there is only one species — though there may be 

 several varieties, from the position of the repeated letters in different parts 

 of the pddas : 



Your head of hair is like the bees (for blackness,) your face superior to the lotus ; and you among 

 your lovers, like Lakshmi, enrich (your favourite.) 



In this order the repeated letters may be placed at the beginning, 

 middle or end ; in the beginning and middle ; the beginning and end ; the 

 middle and end ; or in all the three parts : as 



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Joyful laughter was destroyed ; the pleasures of love were diminished ; the disconsolate 

 women were no longer cheerful ; and the welfare of the city was neglected. 



Besides the above, there are several other varieties in this order, aris- 

 ing from the use of two sets of repeated letters or words ; in which case 

 the first pada agrees with the second, and the third with the fourth ; or 

 the first with the third, and the second with the fourth ; or the first with 

 the fourth, and the second with the third : as 



By the cries of the cuckoo ; by the sound of your voice, my f riend ; and by the blowing of the 

 south winds, my heart is ravished. 



* This is called "^^c^f^. 



