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connexion with each other ; and still fewer have any poetical 
merit. Many are the merest doggrel, with hardly even sense. 
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5 On the bank of the river is a sandal tree, at the foot of which 
there is a cattle-yard. At every branch is a white calf, and the 
cows have wandered beyond the grazing limit. (1). 
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10 I saw a lop-sided hrinjal, and I saw a fat cow. T saw one 
wearing a black blanket, and he is my wife’s sister’s brother. (2). 
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Can the leopard change his spots ? 
15 You may wash indigo, but the colour is fast, nor does iron be- 
come gold ; no matter how much camphor you give a crow to eat, he 
will never become a swan. (3). 
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20 God's morals are not ours. 
The blue-jay eats the worm, while Ram is ever shining in its 
month (its cry is “ Ram, Ram), No matter what its actions are, 
my business is to adore it. (It is a sacred bird, has the entrSe to 
heaven, and is worshipped). (4). 
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Too late. 
At first yon did not consider, when the hel tree grew at yonr 
feet. Now what is the good of considering, for the tree is sur- 
30 rounded by thorns. (5). 
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