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eyes to Hindoſtan, dwells with heart-felt conſolation on the happy ſpot, where mercy protects with her right hand the ſtreams of life, and every animal is allowed to enjoy in peace the portion of bliſs which nature prepared it to receive.
Towhere the far fam'd Hippemolgian ſtrays,
Renown'd for juſtice, and for length of days,
Thrice happy race! that, innocent of blood,
From milk innoxious ſeek their ſimple food;
Love ſees delighted, and avoids the ſcene
Of guilty Troy.—Pope's Homer's Iliad.
May the benevolent ſyſtem ſpread to every corner of the
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