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Upon those trampling elephants, Who to their silvery sounding bells Through jungles deep, with stately pace, And step unerring, lead the chase. Some are equipped with howdahs, where The lavish hand has richly wrought Crimson and gold; while others bear Encaged the spotted leopards, taught With the majestic stag to cope, Or spring upon the antelope. Nor these alone the chief enlists To aid his sport; for on the wrists Of falconers, with pride elate The regal birds in haughty state Sit throned like kings; or soaring high O'er their devoted victims fly, A single instant hovering, Then stooping down with steady wing Upon the quarry's head alight, Who blinded, and with struggling weak