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piping sorrowfully, and vainly attempted to raise her with 

 its tiny trunk. I confess that I had felt compunctions in 

 committing the murder the day before, and now half resolved 

 never to assist in another ; for, in addition to the moving 

 behaviour of the young elephant, I had been unable to divest 

 myself of the idea that I was firing at my old favorite Mowla- 

 Bukhsh, from whose gallant back I had vanished so many 

 of my feline foes in Guzerat an impression, which, however 

 ridiculous it must appear, detracted considerably from the 

 satisfaction I experienced. 



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