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who was enlarging upon the history and qualities of
Us suljecty and particularly the name it had ac-
quired of beii^g " the Lion's provider," The man
listened to his unwelcome informant with as much
good humour as he could muster for a few minutes,
and defended the genuiaeness of the animal with
some energy and ability : but he found he had the
worst of the argument, and feeling that it would not
be for his advantage to prolong the discussion^ he
broke it off abruptly, in an under-tone,— " Well,
gentlemen, let it be a Jackal, if you please; ' and
immediately resuming his direct attitude towards his
audience, with no diminution of confidence or asser-
tion, off he set, expatiating afresh, as if nothing
had happened^ on the extraordinary qualities and
habits of the animal which he had the honour to
eschibit, an undoubted specimen of the celebrated
Jackal, the Limits pramder, ko, &c.
The name of Aymon is rather conspicuous in the
present work. I had thought of referring particu-
larly to his Tableau de la Cour de Rome, published
anonymously, (mine is the second edition^ A la
Haye, 1726,) for an account of the office of the
Grand Fenitentiary, to be found pp. 169, and fol-
lowing. My reason for menlioning him, or his
work, here is, that the work has been represented as
a satire. If by this term is meant to be understood^
that it is in any degree a fieium^ the insinuation is
false. It may not be generally k^wu, that the vo-
