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If safety be in numbers, then indeed 325 
Salvation for the Rodents is decreed. 
Old forms amongst the carnivores are seen, 
Like those that in Europa long had been 
Dogs, weasels, bears and otters. Here around 
Are also brutes long quit of western ground. 330 
No longer seen elsewhere, here still can live 
Quaint Creodont forms, flesh-eaters primitive. 
In various states of evolution roam 
Hyasna forms, and true formed beasts are some. 
Indeed the fathers of the spotted kind, 335 
That live to-day in Afric, here we find. 
Beasts Tiger-like with " sabre " teeth are here, 
As on Europa's scene did first appear 
In times far back. And savage forms more new 
Of Cat-like build here also meet our view. 340 
Tigers and Jaguars, living in one skin, 
And forms like Leopard-cats are on the scene. 
And badger-like Ratels, short limbed and strong, 
Increase the roll of India's butcher throng. 
The reptile life the life that once indeed 345 
Of all creation held awhile the lead 
Is here in force, though of its place deprived 
For long by mammals from its stock derived. 
Garials, as in the Ganges lurk to-day, 
Does India boast : and some great brutes display 350 
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