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THE TRAVELS OF
flecting the tall trees that grew up on each border. Creation ſeemed to be at reſt, and no noiſe diſturbed the ſilence which reigned around; ſave, now and then, the mating of wild beaſts in the adjacent woods: the ſcene was truly great, and raiſed into unaffected grandeur, without the aſſiſtance of art.
The moſt remarkable trees that grow of: each margin of the river are the ſandal, aumnooze, and ceeſoe. The woods are infeſted with ferocious animals of different kinds, which frequently deſtroy the unwary traveller; and the tygers in particular are daring enough to approach the river ſide, and dart on the very paſſengers in the boats go-
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