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Page 159
The Sahib himself , in his howdah on an old hunting elephant whose tusks were bound with brass wire , was not far off . ... nosing the ground for a bandicoot which had passed that way , when he scented the elephants and gave tongue .
The Sahib himself , in his howdah on an old hunting elephant whose tusks were bound with brass wire , was not far off . ... nosing the ground for a bandicoot which had passed that way , when he scented the elephants and gave tongue .
Page 161
Once or twice , at night , they saw the tiger , who makes the heart of the elephant to shrink within him . ... reigned then in Upper Burma , who had for one of his many titles that of " Lord of a Thousand Elephants .
Once or twice , at night , they saw the tiger , who makes the heart of the elephant to shrink within him . ... reigned then in Upper Burma , who had for one of his many titles that of " Lord of a Thousand Elephants .
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During the fever of panic that had seized upon the court and city almost from the burning of the first cartridge , the State elephants had fared ill . Those of their attendants who had escaped being forced into the ranks of the ...
During the fever of panic that had seized upon the court and city almost from the burning of the first cartridge , the State elephants had fared ill . Those of their attendants who had escaped being forced into the ranks of the ...
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