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ever goes, out, or sits in. form at home, with- 
out two .Chowrawbadars, or Brushers, attend- 
ing him, each furnished with an instrument of 
this kind. The tails are also fastened, by wav 
of ornament, to the ears of elephants ; and the 
Chinese dye the hair red, and form it into 
tufts, to adorn their summer bonnets. Fre- 
quent mention is made of these animals, in 
the sacred books of the Mongols ; the Cow 
being, with them, an obje6l of worship, as it 
it with most of tlie orientalists. Of tlie an- 
cients, -^lian is the only one who takes no- 
tice of this singular species. Amid his im- 
mense tarago of fables, he gives a very good 
account of it, under tlic name of " the Poe- 
phagus ; an Indian animai larger than a horse, 
Avith a most thick tail, and black, composed 
of hairs hner than the human. Iii':;hlv va- 
lued by the liulian ladies, for ornamenting their 
heads. Each hair," he says, was two cu- 
bits long. It was the most fearful of animals, 
and very swift. W'hen it was chaced, by men 
or dogs, and found itself nearly overtaken, it. 
Nvould face it's pursuers, and hide it's hind 
parts in some bush, and wait for them ; ima- 
gining that, if it coidd conceal it's tail, which 
was 
