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commanders who direct and haſten their flight."—Monboddo on Language, vol. i. 231.
"Even the ſheep, when wild, ſet watches in the night-time againſt their enemy the fox, who give notice of his approach, and when he attacks them they draw up in a body and defend themſelves."—Ditto.
"The Siameſe imagine that the elephants are perfectly rational; and when the King of Siam ſent a preſent of elephants to the King of France, the Ambaſſadors took a ſolemn farewell of them.—Churchill's Travels.
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