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142 the tall trees that grew up on each border. Creation eemed to be at ret, and no noie diturbed the ilence which reigned around; ave, now and then, the mating of wild beats in the adjacent woods: the cene was truly great, and raied into unaffected grandeur, without the aitance of art.

The mot remarkable trees that grow of: each margin of the river are the andal, aumnooze, and ceeoe. The woods are infeted with ferocious animals of different kinds, which frequently detroy the unwary traveller; and the tygers in particular are daring enough to approach the river ide, and dart on the very paengers in the boats ing