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I was only too happy to have my life 

 preserved in so miraculous a manner. 

 The elephant continued to run about very 

 excitedly, and seemed as if he could not 

 rest for a minute at a time ; he could not 

 form the slightest idea where I was, and I 

 had not the least intention of letting him 

 know. 



" I either fell off in a deep sleep about 

 this time, or else fainted away, for when I 

 awoke, or came to myself, the moon was 

 shining as clear and bright as day, and 

 the night was heavenly, and the fever of 

 excitement that had so lately coursed 

 through my veins was succeeded by a 

 calm and regular pulsation. I felt re- 

 freshed and invigorated by my rest, and 

 began to wonder how it was that I was 

 perched up in a tree ; then gradually the 

 whole affair came to my recollection, and 



