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various delicacies that the forest provided 

 and so obtain that constant change of diet so 

 essential to his health. 



He too was able to participate in the sport 

 that his master sought. The keenness of his 

 sense of scent would often detect some animal 

 invisible owing to the denseness of the forest 

 growth, and, especially when some animal 

 obnoxious to him, such as pig, bear, panther or 

 tiger was in the vicinity, his sensitive trunk 

 would be waved in its direction merely in 

 order to assure himself of its whereabouts, but 

 thus, all unwittingly, giving notice to his com- 

 panions. The sportsman who proposes to make 

 acquaintance with the jungle tribes and neglects 

 the two important advantages of silence and of 

 gaining information by watching the elephant 

 he rides, a being much more gifted than himself 

 in forest lore, will have but little success in his 

 attempts. The human voice is audible at great 

 distances amongst the silent trees, and at its 

 sound every animal, aware of the presence of 

 man, either removes to a distance or crouches 

 in concealment till the danger is past. Then, 



