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On their way thither, Jed, who had made a detour and discovered a female panthe 

 jrith several young ones, rushed back in great excitement with the news. But Mi 

 Godkin remarked that they were " loaded for elephant," and had no time to bothe 



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with such small game as panthers. The animals were therefore left undisturbed, 

 and our friends pushed on. To their inexpressible delight, they found a completely 

 xmquered elephant, of most unusual size. 



