Chap. III.] 
THE ELEPHANT. 
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then discovered that the elephant, on seeing a jak fruit on a tree 
somewhat beyond the reach of his trunk, had raised himself on 
his hind legs, placing his fore feet against the stem, in order to 
lay hold of the fruit, but unluckily for him there happened to 
be another tree standing so close to it that the vacant space 
between the two stems was only a few inches. During his 
attempts to take hold of the fruit one of his legs happened to 
get in between the two trees, where, on account of his weight 
and his clumsy attempts to extricate himself, it got so firmly 
wedged that he could not remove it, and in this awkward 
position he remained for some days, till he died on the spot." 
