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his Pit, too big to be thrown out with his Horns. 
Docs he then forfake the Place where he fettled at 
firft ? and does he go fomewhcrc clfe to fet a new 
Ambufcadc? Or, does he remain in his Pit, leaving 
the Stone there, which he has not been able to 
remove ? Or, after all, docs he at lafl: contrive to get 
rid of it } and what Means does he ufe to bring this 
End about? By unwearied obferving, I have at laft 
had the Fortune to difeover the Secret of his Manage- 
ment. I have feen, that in fuch Cafes the Formica- 
Leo knows how to vary his ways of working : He 
comes out of the Ground, gets his hinder Parts under 
the Stone, fo that it reds upon his Back, and then 
by degrees pufhes it towards the Top of the Open- 
ing, keeping all the while his Poife with great Care. 
Having thus forced it to the Edge of his Pit, he does 
not leave it there, for it might roll back again 5 he 
therefore pufhes it farther off, and then retires to his 
Pit again. 
But fometimes it will happen, that the poor For- 
mica- Leo has not the good Fortune to keep the Stone 
in Poife all the Way 5 and it rolls back again to the 
Bottom of the Pit, the Moment it was got to the 
Brink. This unlucky Accident does not, however, 
difeourage him, but he goes patiently to his Work 
again, till he gets the Stone out. Solomon fends the 
Sluggard to the Ant ; and we might in like manner 
fend to the Formica-Leo thofe impatient People who 
give over their Labours upon the firft Difficulties 
they find in them. I have feen fome of thefe Infers, 
that, after Five or Six Misfortunes like thofe I have 
mentioned, did not yet lofe Courage. I have 
thought I faw the wretched Sijyphus as condemned 
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