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The Life of an Elephant 



was the patience of despair, and though he 

 still deeply resented ill-treatment, he became 



obedient to the 

 wishes of his masters 

 so far as he under- 

 stood them. The 

 first lesson was that 

 he should kneel at 

 command, so that the pigmies who owned him 

 should be able the more readily to climb on 

 his back ; the next, that he should lie on his 

 side, so that he might be duly cleaned by his 

 attendant ; then that he should follow when 

 led by the ear, and turn to right and left, 

 or halt when ordered to do so. Finally, 

 that all these movements should be carried 

 out under the orders of a 

 man seated on his neck, 

 who emphasized his com- 

 mands with a goad or with a 

 pointed iron hook. During 

 the whole of this schooling 

 the shackles were never 

 off the fore-feet, or the 



