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THE ELEPHANT.

COME, boys and girls, said Uncle John one evening; how shall we amuse ourselves to-night?

"O, tell us one of your true stories," said they all with one accord.

Well, children, you are so attentive in listening to me, and remember what I say so well, I will begin again to-night about the

Elephant, and as you have seen a tame one, I will tell you how they catch the wild ones in a certain part of India. In the south part of India, large male Elephants are often found wandering alone. They go about to find fresh grass and shrubs on which they feed. They eat an enormous quantity, as they are so large. These are the finest elephants in the world, yet they are so fierce that no man dares to venture near them. But the way they are caught is very curious, and will no doubt please you so much that you will never forget it.

The people have female Elephants tamed, who are so cunning that they help their masters catch these large and valuable fellows, who have all their lives roved at liberty, independent of man. These tame Elephants are called Koomkies, and when their masters, who ride on their backs, come in sight of a wild Elephant, they get off and keep out of sight, until these cunning tame Elephants feed along very carelessly up as near the wild Elephant as they choose to come, and form an acquaintance with him if possible. They press close around him, and occupy his attention so entirely, that the men

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