CHAPTER VI 



In Training for JVork 



^ I ^HERE were some twenty-five captives in 

 -*- the enclosure, of whom our elephant was 

 the largest : and it was well for him that he 

 made no determined efforts to escape, for in 

 order to avoid any risk of loss of the catch, 

 his life would have been sacrificed at once ; a 

 well-directed bullet at close quarters would 



have ended his history. 

 But, with the patient 

 equanimity of his kind, 

 when faced with un- 

 avoidable misfortunes, 

 he remained placidly 

 standing, awaiting his fate. In a few hours 

 most of the captives grew accustomed to the 

 sight and scent of human beings ; they raised 

 no objections when men seated on tame 



