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THE WONDERFUL
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Fix this textTHIS amazing, beautiful, and tame Animal, is about five Feet in Height, of a Fawn
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Fix this textdifferent from all other Quadrupeds. Its Swiftnefs, when purfued, is fuperior to
Fix this textthe Greyhound : to enumerate its extraordinary Qualities would far exceed the common
Fix this textLimits of a Public Notice. Let it fuffice to obferve, that the Public in general are
Fix this textpleafed, and beftow their Plaudits ; the Ingenious are delighted ; the Virtuofo, and
Fix this textConnoiffeur are taught to admire ! impreffing the Beholder with Wonder and Afto-
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