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OX. 
liberality which knows no interruption, and is daily 
repeated, is ever worthy of new returns of grati- 
tude ; and the least we can do when we receive a 
benefit, is to vouchsafe an acknowledgment to the 
donor. 
The belief in a transmigration of souls is so 
strongly impressed on the mind of the simple Gen- 
too, that he would not on any account destroy a 
bull or a cow, lest he should at the same time in- 
jure one of his fellow-creatures. This is alleged by 
Grose as a cause for their forbearance ; yet it seems 
principally to proceed from their gratitude to these 
animals, for providing them with their four greatest 
luxuries ; their milk, their cream, their butter, and 
their cheese. 
