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for their mutual berwfit; thC' lalter lieing able to hunt out the prey and fornwr hC'ing ahll' to 1-'t:>ize upon it. This would he to the adrnn- taw• of both; for b_r tlwir united C'aparities, acting in co11cNt, they eoul<l proridt> :-uh,-i;;terwe for both with more ease certai11ty and abund- a11ee. - The J1u·kal, dPdinC'cl at fir:st, the proposC'd conne<·tio11, on the ground that the lion, being the stronger of the two, might not be dispo:-ed to make an equal di,·ision of the prC'y, but might at his own plea,mre appropriate the whole if he chose to do :-o. If I s[houl]d find an animnl, 1<ai<l the Ja [cka]ll, which might not be sufficient to appease your Yor:u·ious appetite, what a:-,.:uranee would I hare that you would restrain your hunger [a11dJ leare a due proportion to me?- The lion [an:-wne<ll saying that he would give him a [solemn 1 document on parchmC'nt under lhis own] signature that he would duly resp[ect] the rights of the Jaekall, 111Hl in all cases make a fair just dirision of the common :-:poils, & for the faithful adhcrenee, he would make most solemn oath. Tlw Jaekall, belimg lsic] that the Lion was too brave & honest to pledge himself falsely & violate his faith, consented to [the] copartnprship; an<l articles of agreement were accordingly en- tered into between them, definig the rights of the ,Jackall and limiting the power of the lion. - Game was abundant, and they dwelt for some time in 1wace and harmony; but in the course of time when provisions became more scarce, the lion hC'gan to take more than his share at meals, lC'a,·i11g the bones only for the Jackall to knaugh. The Jackall remonstrated against this and tol<l the lion that he was violating the ttrticles of agreement between them. 'fbis the Lion denied most furi- ously, nnd said that he ha<l rC'ad the articles carefully, and had con- formed himself strictly to them. - The Jackal! bore it for a while, until he wa:-: fully satisfie<l that the Lion was determined to construe the compac-t in his own way, re~olred to dissolYe the connection; but the Lion now told him that haYing once entered into it, and he on his part haYig- nPrl'f Yiolated it, the Jacka\l had no right to withdraw; and if he attt>mpted he would be constrained to put his heavy paw upon him. The ,ln<·kall, bPing weak an<l timid in comparison with the lion, deemed it most prudent to submimt to the wrong, until one day the lion being unu~ually rnraeious, demanded ·of the Jackal! why he had not do11e hi:-: duty in hunting up prey - the Jackall said that he was too WPak an(l hungry to do it; whereupon the lion seized upon him and dernurl'd him. -- :Ko. 2800 [18,i-?, ::\IIHABEAU BCOXAPARTE LAl\[AR, RICHMOND? TEXAS?] History of the early attempts of foreignprs to gain a foothold or to colonize in Tt>xas; Xolan; John Brady; Bastrop; Hichard H. Keene; Gutierrez de Lara; )IcGee; Kemper; Lockett; Perry; Rossi; Aury; Xavier )I ina ; IImnbert; Lallemend; Laffitc, etc. A. Df. 85 p. Headt•d: ''l'hap'er 2nd''; original pagination not continuous..
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