A HINDOO SAINT. 
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variety of uneven folds, so entirely breaking the 
natural lines of his countenance as to give the aspect 
of almost hideous deformity. His eyes, which were 
open to their utmost extremity, had a stern unnatural 
glare, that recalled to the beholder’s mind those fic- 
tions of unearthly objects and “ chimeras dire,” which 
used to encumber the legendary lore of the middle 
and chivalric ages. The dog had placed itself at the 
feet of this object of pitiable humanity, to which it 
seemed to bear not indeed a cognate but sympathetic 
relation ; and resting its head between its swelled and 
tuberclous paws, whined piteously, as if to excite the 
sympathy of the stranger. Wearied with his journey, 
the soldier passed towards a narrow opening which 
led into a small apartment, and without disturbing 
the reverie of the venerable man whose privacy he 
had from necessity invaded, he wrapped himself in 
a coarse rug which he carried for that purpose, and 
in a few minutes was in a state of happy uncon- 
sciousness. 
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