C. H. COOPER.
Cambridge, May 17, 1851.
"Geographers on Afric's Downs" (Vol. iii., p. 372.).
—Is your correspondent A. S. correct in his quotation? In a poem of Swift's, "On Poetry, a Rhapsody," are these lines:—
"So geographers, in Afric maps
With savage pictures fill their gaps,
And o'er unhabitable downs
Place elephants for want of towns."
Swift's Works, with Notes by Dr. Hawksworth, 1767, vol. vii. p, 214.
C. DE D.