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she had been captured only a few weeks before. 

 The males, when taken to water, were roped to 

 an elephant in front and to another behind, 

 and were evidently kept on short commons, as 

 they were thin and worn-looking. The natural 

 docility of the elephant soon reconciles the animal 

 to captivity. 



My second fishing expedition to the Patli 

 Dun was a failure. The weather was cold and 

 unseasonable, and the water was out of order, 

 owing to a succession of storms in the hills, and I 

 caught only a few small fish. I had no shooting 

 either on that occasion, except at alligators. 

 The lower reaches of the river were full of large 

 fish-eating alHgators (garial) which must take 

 a heavy toll of the fish, but I did not see any 

 flesh-eating alligators (maggar) in the Ram 

 Ganga. 



