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give ſecurity for their conduct, and amaſs great riches: anecdote of a Seapoy. who receives bad coin in exchange for good from a ſharper: of jugglers,:their deceptions: incantation of ſnakes: dancing ſnakes: method of curing the ſting of one.
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Deſcription of the elephant: manner of taking it: anecdote of the ſagacity of one, ſimilar to gratitude in the human ſpecies: of the rhinoceros, an animal next in bulk and figure to the elephant: of the camel, conſidered as a beaſt of burden, or for diſpatch.
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