Mammuth Author:William Thomson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. XIV. Sympofium. HAVING afcended into the aerial hall, we found the meflenger from the capital of Ram-java-ram reft- ing after his journey on the perf... more »umed Ikins of wild-afles. He rofe at the approach of the hierophant, and having made his obeifance according to the manner of the country, pre- fented the letter he had in charge from the elders: " Unto the fage and good Melek- " Ammon-Bahaudar, fupreme judge " of Ram-java-ram, in matters both " facred and civil, the elders of the " people ' people afiembled at Gutty-gurr, " fend greeting. This morning we " have received a letter from the fe- nate of Ghallo-palavar, of which " the following is an exact copy:— Brethren of Ram-java-ram, pick " your glow-ants, fetch earth from " the mountains, and by all means M in your power, affift the infects " in building their houfes and ia gathering their food. Difband the " armies that guard the defiles be- tween Ram-java-ram and Ghallo- palavar, or let them be employed " as mercenaries in the fervice of fome other power. For we will make a covenant of peace with "' you, that (hall not be violated on our part while the fun rnd moon " endure. Take no thought about the culture of the aromatic plant, D 6 " nor." nor how to rear thofe animals " whofe excrementitious juices fo " ftrongly exhilarate the fpirits, and " ftimulate and reftore languifhing " nature. For all thofe delicacies our country produces in ftill " greater abundance than yours, and " of more exquifite fragrance. u Neither be over-folicitous con- " cerning the breed ofyourMam- muths, the cultivation of the " Burrhum, or of other fenfitive " plants. For not only fhall ye b " plentifully fupplicd with all things c from Ghallo-palavar, but our "...« less