A grand rural fête I will shortly provide,
That for pomp, taste, and splendor, shall far leave behind,
All former attempts of a similar kind.”
The Buffalo, Bison, Elk, Antelope, Pard,
All heard what he spoke, with due marks of regard.
[p5] A number of messengers quickly he sent
To the beasts, far and near, to make known his intent.
The place he design’d for the scene of his plan,