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DEAN MAHOMET
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ſcrition: and what is very remarkable, a large tiger, ſeemingly diveſted of the ferocity of his nature, comes from his den at the that of the hill, every Monday and Wedneſday, to this very monument. without moleſting any perſon he meets on the way, (even children: were not afraid to approach him) and ſweeps with his tail, the duſt form the lower part of the tomb, in which, it is ſuppoſed, are enſhrined the remains of ſame pious character, who had; been there interred at a remote period of time. The people have a profound veneration for it, which has not been a little increaſed by the ſudden and untimely fate of a Lieutenant of Artillery, who came hither to indulge an idle
curioſty,
