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covers, intersected with ravines, rivers, and over 

 hollow and uneven ground, and he scarcely ever 

 made a false step with me, and never once tumbled. 

 He used to touch the ground with his trunk on 

 every spot where his feet were to be placed, and in 

 so slight and quick a manner, as scarcely to be per- 

 ceived. The Mahout would often make him remove 

 large stones, lumps of earth or timber out of his 

 way, frequently climb up and down banks, that 

 no horse could get over ; he would also occasion- 

 ally break off branches of trees that were in the 

 way of the Howdah, to enable me to pass. 



Although perfectly blind, he was considered 

 one of the best sporting elephants of his small size 

 in the country, and he travelled at a tolerably 

 good rate, and was remarkably easy in his paces. 

 On my returning to England, I sold him to Mr. 

 Wemyss, of the Bengal civil service. 



