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taken a thousand rupees to go a hundred 

 yards into it. Nevertheless, I hurried 

 home and arrived there in a comparatively 

 short time, although the fear of encounter- 

 ing a tiger, or an elephant, never disturbed 

 my mind : in my battles with both these 

 animals I had come off victorious, so that 

 I began almost to despise all wild animals, 

 and I have never feared them since. 



" My father was out when I returned, 

 and nothing would induce the men to go 

 for the tusks unless I accompanied them ; 

 so, snatching a morsel of bread, and 

 tossing off a jug of new milk, I started off 

 with them and found the dead elephant 

 without any difficulty. We soon knocked 

 off his tusks and the men insisted upon 

 taking the feet also, as they are considered 

 a great delicacy when baked in a hot oven 

 for several hours. We got back before 



