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close to an elephant thus concealed, and have 

 fled in cold terror when a movement of a 

 grass-covered mound disclosed the presence 

 of a hidden danger. 



Here in the timber yard were creeks of shiny 

 mud, which the tide filled with foul water ; into 

 these creeks the logs, detached from the timber 

 rafts, were floated at high water, and later 

 were dragged by the elephant on to firmer soil. 

 A broad breast-plate, ending on either side with 

 a chain, was all his harness and, struggling and 

 slipping in the slime, he did his best to satisfy 

 his masters. From time to time, especially as 

 the tide ebbed, he was forced to enter the 

 creeks and work in five or six feet of mud and 

 water, so that he could not do justice to his 

 weight and strength. Once the logs were on 

 firm ground his next duty was to arrange 

 them in rows as 

 ordered by his 

 driver. The 

 smaller logs he 

 would lift bodily 

 with his tusks, 



