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necessary, she was soon reassured and 

 encouraged. Poor little thing, she seemed 

 greatly agitated, and it was some time ere 

 she recovered altogether her natural firm- 

 ness and courage. 



About midnight the moon was shining 

 magnificently, and I amused myself look- 

 ing at the various animals passing our 

 tree. First a herd of stately elephants 

 would slowly pass, browsing on the 

 branches of the bushes and the tops of the 

 young trees; they were hardly out of 

 sight before a herd of deer would ap- 

 proach, headed, perhaps, by a noble black 

 buck, and this is, in my opinion the very 

 handsomest animal we have in the East. 

 Then, a huge tiger would crawl after 

 them, sneaking along with his belly 

 almost touching the ground, as if he were 

 only there on sufferance. Certainly there 



