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DEAN MAHOMET.
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are lofty groves and wide extending parks, called by the natives, circarga, Where he had often paſſed ſome of his leiſure hours, in the pleaſures of the chaſe and riding. His ponds were ſtored with a variety of curious fiſhes, both exotic and domeſtic, with their fins and tails adorned with ſmall golden rings. He frequently made it the amuſement of his evenings to feed them with rice, and obſerve them leap above water to receive it from his hand. He was ſo extremely fond of curioſities, that he kept a menage conſtantly ſupplied with a number of ſtrange animals wild and tame, which he collected from different parts of the world, and confined in iron cages. His great revenues were ſcarcely ſuffici-
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