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On the same night, a zoological melodrama, with the formidable

title of The Hindoo Robber, or the Leopards of the Jumna, was pro- duced at Covent Garden. The canine actors who played the four- footed heroes of the story, though at first pretty perfect in their parts, afterwards, it seems, became refractory, and refused to seize a mur- derer by the throat ; and when one of them only was shot, both took it into their heads to die. The dogs appear to have worn their spotted jackets with a good grace ; excepting the tails, which dragged along like wounded snakes, and distracted the attention of the wearers. However, their exertions saved the piece from the summary condem- nation which its extravagant plot and incidents provoked. The efforts of the biped actors were in vain.