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expected from their courage ; and the confidence thus 

 shown in them was not misplaced. One of the 

 colossal beasts, placing himself behind a gun, applied 

 the extremity of his trunk to it, and pushing it 

 before him, whilst the cannoneers guided it, sent it 

 up the rocky chasm. A little farther on, the gun 

 having rolled into a ravine, and being upset, the two 

 elephants lifted it up with their trunks, one on this 

 side, and one on that, and replaced it on its 

 carriage." 



A still more remarkable fact occurred during the 

 terrible insurrection in India. 



" One day, during the march on Lucknow, in the 

 month of March, 1858, by the order of General 

 Outram, three howitzers were taken from the backs 

 of the elephants which carried them on the march, 

 and were placed in a battery on a little eminence, for 

 the purpose of annoying the enemy's flank. One 

 of them bears a celebrated name in India, from his 

 mother, of which he is worthy, as we shall see, viz., 

 Kudabar-Moll. 



" As SOOD as the pieces were in position, the 

 animal placed himself, according to orders, at a few 

 steps behind, and looked on. Soon the greater part 

 of the artillerymen fell, decimated by the musketry 

 of the enemy ; seeing this, Kudabar-Moll II. inter- 

 posed, and taking the cartridges from the waggon 



