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MS-B.771.041
19 Apr 1771:262,263 (1/7)
A Description of a pair of Triumphal Carrs, and a pair of
Temples, valued at 3000 L. just shipped for the East Indies.
These Triumphal Carrs are each drawn by an elephant, that
moves its eyes, ears, trunk and tail, as natural as if
alive, having each a figure on its neck to guide it. . . [5
lines] In the body of the carriage is a musical clock that
plays six tunes; there are likewise a number of small
figures moving in procession, while the carriage is going
and the music playing, with curious moving landscapes behind
them. . . [9 lines] and there are seven figures, as
officers, trumpeters, &c. standing round each carriage,
which are all richly ornamented with stones. . . [11 lines]
Description of the Temples.
These curious Temples are each fixed on a rock . . . [4
lines] over which is a musical clock that plays six tunes,
and in the front is a great variety of moving pictures, with
a wind-mill and water-mill. . . [8 lines]
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