. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... etiger were next dispatched. The lion andthe bear had a long contest. The lion,with his teeth and his claws, wounded thebear in several places, but could not pene-trate much farther than the skin. Thebear, somehow or other, took the lion atan advantage, got him within his grasp,and gave him such a squeeze, as squeezedthe breath out of his body. The bear thenfuriously attacked the troopers horse, whostood grazing all this while at a littledistance, and not minding what had beendone; but the horse, with his hind-leg,gave the bear such a k
. Tales of chivalry : or, Perils by flood and field ..... etiger were next dispatched. The lion andthe bear had a long contest. The lion,with his teeth and his claws, wounded thebear in several places, but could not pene-trate much farther than the skin. Thebear, somehow or other, took the lion atan advantage, got him within his grasp,and gave him such a squeeze, as squeezedthe breath out of his body. The bear thenfuriously attacked the troopers horse, whostood grazing all this while at a littledistance, and not minding what had beendone; but the horse, with his hind-leg,gave the bear such a kick on the ribs, asprovoked him into ten-fold fury. At thesecond attack, a second kick, which fellupon his head, broke both his jaws, andlaid him dead upon the ground. So that,contrary to all expectation, the troopershorse remained master of the field ofbattle. THE DANISH CREED. A brave man, said the Danish creedof honour, should attack two, stand firmagainst three, give ground a little to four,and only retreat from five.^ PERILS BY FLOOD AND FIELD. 4oy. THE BRAHMINS TALE OF THE EAST. It was in the year 1775, at the presi-dency of Bombay, that an English ladywas, for several weeks, every ev^ening,observed to walk on the beach, anxiouslylooking towards the horizon. A Brah-min, well known among the English forsome extraordinary instances of second-sight, noting her resort to this place, andher anxious looks, watched, and when nopersons were visible, accosted her, andasked the cause of her anxiety ; and she,knowing the character of the man, andmoreover believing in his power, replied,** Why should a man, so gifted as you are,ask what you must well know ? The Brahmin was affected, and stead-fastly fixing his countenance upon her—which, aided by the placid air that per-vaded it, and heightened by his venerablebeard of snowy whiteness, gave him theappearance of a saint—said, Woman, I know the cause of yoursorrow : your son lives ; the ship will soonarrive in safety ;
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