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over the fore-foot and I felt sure of the brute. 

 Urging Motee Goocha close up, he kept Luxa down 

 with his tusks while Sanderson Sahib shackled the 

 hind legs of the rogue. The koonkies now came up, 

 and Luxa thoroughly cowed was allowed to rise. 

 With great difficulty a hawser was fastened round 

 its neck and lashed to the koonkies, one on each 

 side, so that it could not run away without dragging 

 the koonkies with it. A prod or two from Motee 

 Goocha' s tusk applied behind soon set it in motion, 

 and thus we rode home in triumph. Luxa turned 

 out a first-rate elephant after that, and did a lot of 

 good work. Whenever it showed temper, the very 

 sight of Motee Goocha reduced it to order. That 

 was the grandest elephant fight I ever saw." 



