TIGERLAND 



more dangerous variety, which, while it swallows its 

 victims less rapidly, is infinitely more tenacious than the 

 comparatively liquid quicksand usually to be met with on 

 the shores of Indian streams and rivers, where the gene- 

 rally strong currents, continually penetrating through the 

 sand, tend to destroy the cohesive element it contains. 

 In ordinary quicksands such as these, elephants, when 

 crossing rivers, are occasionally bemired ; but if taken in 

 time are, as a rule, released with comparative ease. 



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