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Abbudi, remembering' the emphatic instructions that 

 I had given him to guard Mrs. B., suddenly seized 

 her by the wrist, and wriggled off with her through 

 the undergrowth to a place of safety. Well done, 

 Abbudi. I salute you : Sobai ! 



Aladdin appears to have been unable to get 



"l SAW POOR ALADDIN LYING THERE LIFELESS liEFORE ME."' 



free of the syce imtil after the elephant had driven 

 his tusk into him, but the moment he felt the thrust 

 he dashed madly forward for some distance, leaving 

 a stream of blood in his trail. In a very short time 

 his strength began to fail, then he tottered in his 

 stride, and eventually fell heavily on his side, stone 

 dead. 



