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THROUGH JUNGLE AND DESERT 



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rounding country, in the hope of seeing an elephant. 

 My guides took no interest whatever in this action, 

 and refused to chmb the hill. Upon my return they 

 asked me whether I had seen elephants. I said, 

 " No." " Have you heard elephants " I said, " No." 

 " Come," said they, " let us waste no more time ; we 

 have heard them, and there is a large herd not far 

 from us." I bore in mind the fact that the Le- 

 guinan had assured me the day before that his medi- 

 cine had told him we should not find elephants; and 



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I felt that as I had assured him that my medicine 

 was sufificient to produce these animals, it would be 

 somewhat impolitic to set off in the direction indi- 

 cated by these guides. So I refused to do so, and 

 returned to the vantage point at the top of the hill. 



There can be no doubt that, though civilization 

 can accentuate certain more or less artificial sensa- 

 tions, it does not increase the faculties of sight, hear- 

 ing, and smell. Upon my return to the top of the 

 hill, I took with me the Leguinan, and asked him in 

 what direction he had heard the elephants. He indi- 

 cated by pointing. With my field-glasses I was un- 



