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a tiger was concealed in a very thick jungle 

 close by, but from which he could not be driven. 

 The mahout, or driver of the elephant, was de- 

 sired to tell him to bend and beat the bushes 

 with a tree which stood near. This the animal 

 did so effectually, that the tiger started out and 

 was shot. The gentleman was so pleased with 

 the sagacity of his elephant, that he told the 

 mahout to give him some sugar when they re- 

 turned home a favourite food with them. This 

 was forgotten; but in the evening the saga- 

 cious animal found out his master, rubbed him 

 gently and repeatedly with his trunk, and con- 

 trived to do so until the promised sugar was 

 given him. 



A third instance of sagacity and reason in 

 the elephant I will now tell you- While on a 

 shooting-party one of these animals got into a 

 morass or bog. Nothing that it could do, or 

 the attendants, could get it out. At last, some 

 one suggested that a quantity of bushes should 

 be thrown to it. These the sensible animal 

 placed under its feet, and thus, by degrees, ex- 

 tricated itself. 



An elephant, on one occasion, was ordered to 

 drag a tree, which proved too heavy for its 



