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Show DRAQONS. "" Soon rr.llr nis l.nnASnnl aliialla foailert Tli.l On.. I ildcO. The dragon b frequently mentioned by ancient uvttirnlliti at well iu by icriptnr.il writert nn 1 dmmer Arlt tollelell nt that dragon TOenhlt In length were olten mi t Willi In thai leln. lly of Iho (langci. Iluelng tho cubit to feet, aeeonllng to our mode of reck onlng length, wo find that tlie-w Im-meiita Im-meiita erienti wero 33 ynnlt In Irnglli. Alexnnderthe flrent and hit army en countered ono In a evvo that lueainreil 101 feet In length. An ancient wotkon crtuit4a)t! 'I hreo klmlt of Urngont wero formerly former-ly recognized In India, l'lrnt, thoto of tlio lilllt and mountain!, rurnii I, thine of llioinllc) and iiiiet) third, thow of the munhet ninl fi-nt. Tho llrrt It lint larg.t and It eirereJ Willi tcalet at reHplendeiit at burnbheil gold They laia a kind of licnnl hanging from Ibelr loner Ji, their otpeet It frightful fright-ful and their cry terrible, being n loud, hMii,: wall, 'lhey lino ereult of bright eIlo, and prntiibeniieet on tin Ir lion.li which iho tho color of it burning coil Tlmwi of tlio II it country coun-try nrmit Iho color of illvcrj llieyfro. qiientlhoriirrt, to which the former noiereome Thmont Ihruianhei aro bLuk, thiw of motion and hato tin eiwt. btrabii tij tho painting of ter-lienttwith ter-lienttwith wingt It contrary to truth, but otlier natumlhlt ninl trawhri alllrm that toiiie !cclc are wlngin) There ti mm It confusion on thlt ilnt. Homo lino I ilttakiu the homl of tin) no Ja for wingt, other lino confounded con-founded the Inniieeiit dnigon lltanl wllh Hying terpi-utiaud rejKirt, a I'llny doe, that their blto It vcnoiuoul, whhli It not true. At llatailt, Java, a tertientwatoiieo klllnl and the whole body of nnegru woman and tho eurciiM of a largo ttng found in It ttomoclL I-gilat an) "Tin re are many n rntt on the Utaiul of Jain thnt meiuiiro more limn llfty feet In length. At llatnvla they Mill ketp tho tklu of ono which, though but tnentyfeet In length, It mid tub no tttullowcd n )oung woman whole," fit, Ji romn ta) t that nit lininentie tor-penlt tor-penlt nro tall il lmn. lieeviite they can tuallow whole Ixne (lieoic), and lay utter wiuto to whole province, Ihu limn Niyt thntthreo entire negro,' wero foun 1 in Iho gullet of an liiiinento u f pent klllcl mi tho gnl 1 eoatt of Afrlc i. Hut l'lluyeapi the climax when ho tellt of tho tenant which o.kwi1 tlm Human Hu-man army, under Itegnlu, at the river of Hugrada, Africa. It doiouroil kv enlol tho Millhrti iuncali were u Imril Hut they turned car nnd darl. At length itwu lierlegnl by all the military engine that would Im employ cd lu nllneklng n fortified city. Win ti klllnl tho thin of Iho montter wat tent to Homo a a trophy to Im prwcricd In one of the temple. After drying cv iral da) lu the hot cllinatuot Vfrh-n It v tit Hnt In tho Imptrlnl Clt) und w ntioji tlieiifiiund lobo mcr IW fott lalcngtli.-rJt.Lotht Itepublla, |