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and insist upon native medicines, tlieir famous lotion being a 

 decoction of Mhowa blossoms, which in my opinion aggravated the 

 inflammation of tlio wound. 



I returned liisgaum to the Commissariat stables at Jubbulpur 

 directly that he could march, as he was too uncontrollable for 

 sporting purposes. Had any person been upon his back during his 

 stampede he would have been swept off by the branches and killed ; 

 the mahout, sitting low upon his neck, could accommodate his 

 body to avoid the boughs. 



The use of the elephant in India is so closely associated with 

 tiger-shooting that I shall commence the next chapter with the 

 tiger. 



