 | Beasts at law, or zoologian jurisprudence |  |
The counsel for the prosecution
Now took their stands without confusion;
While Dama, as they thither went,
Gave this morceau of humor vent:
“Thus when our ancestors of yore
Were saved from death by captain Noah,
The unclean beasts, without a whip,
March'd two and two on board the ship.”
Some repartee on this took place,
'Til Capra, witness in the case,
Received the oath, with such a look,
That hundreds wished themselves the book;
While Pardus quick assumed his station,
And thus began examination:
Now took their stands without confusion;
While Dama, as they thither went,
Gave this morceau of humor vent:
“Thus when our ancestors of yore
Were saved from death by captain Noah,
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March'd two and two on board the ship.”
Some repartee on this took place,
'Til Capra, witness in the case,
Received the oath, with such a look,
That hundreds wished themselves the book;
While Pardus quick assumed his station,
And thus began examination:
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