no The Life of an Elephant 



to be abundant, and when man, the hunter, was 

 better able to come to terms with the forest 

 tribes. The elephants were caparisoned for a 

 shooting party in simple and workmanlike 

 harness, and thus stood, some twenty strong, 

 before the rows of white tents, awaiting the 

 pleasure of the hunters. These came eager 

 and interested in their mounts ; asking in- 

 numerable questions as to the steadiness of 

 each elephant, and its staunchness in danger. 

 The drivers replied, each praising his own 

 particular charge, save only Kareem, who was 

 content to remark that Maula Bux had not 

 taken part in the hunt before that day. 



At the foot of a perpendicular bank, scored 

 here and there with narrow ravines cut by the 



monsoon storms, was a strip of glass so high 

 that its flowering tops reached above the tallest 

 elephant. It merged into the forest of " shisham" 



