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exception to all wild Leasts known to lis. From the way 

 an elephant runs at the first glance of man, it is inferred 

 that this huge brute, though really king of beasts, would run 

 even from a child. 



Oar two donkeys caused as much admiration as the three 

 white men. Great was the astonishment when one of the 

 donkeys began to bray. The timid jumped more than if a lion 

 had roared beside them. All were startled, and stared in 

 mute amazement at the harsh-voiced one, till the last broken 

 note was uttered ; then, on being assured that nothing in 

 particular was meant, they looked at each other, and burst 

 into a loud laugh at then common surprise. When one donkey 

 stimulated the other to try his vocal powers, the interest 

 felt by the startled visitors, must have equalled that of the 

 Londoners, when they first crowded to see the famous 

 hippopotamus. 



