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the banks of tliP river <luring the wimie tky, hut 
frequeiuly over I>tgli cliffy, jirul filniost cutirely 
through tliirk forest. On apjtrofirlihrg LeUn Tappn, 
wliera a villagf once etood, we fell in wiih tlie tracks 
of elepiiantJ*. Tiiej- were verj' numerous, ftntl it 
was entlent lliey liail only pri'rpdfil us a nhnvt time. 
Wd here passe 1 1 over miieh grouinl, wliirh at on© 
p(?riotl must have been in ruUivatioTj, but which had 
Ion*; bepn in a stnte of nature. After hreakfasting 
at Lt*hu Tiippu, uiitU'r the shade of the Ifirfrest tree 
we couhi fini!, we proceeded on to a place caMed 
Pulolehar, where we were to sleep. This nlso had 
been the site of a villatre, but no trace of Jiuman 
dwelHncr nr cultivation was to he fouuil ; we reaclietl 
it at half-pnsi four in the afternoon, having walked 
for tipwartts of eight fiours. We immediately set to 
work and erected two or three fthmh to sleep in, col- 
lecting the materials fi'om the vegetation aronml tia. 
The river here was broad but very rocky ; the scenery 
highly romantic and beautiful. During the night 
we were awakened by the approach of a party of 
el^plmntH, who seemrd anxious to inquire our busi- 
ness witl in their domains^ Fortunately they kept 
at some disitance,, and allowed ua to remain uiimo-* 
leated. The nAtives fancy that there are tuo kinds 
of elephants — the Gaja bermakponi*, those which 
fllivaye; go in herds, and which are seldom miscbier- 
om, and the Gaja eahm^l, or single elephanta, 
wbidi are ninch larger and ferocious, goin? about 
cither singly or only two or three in company. It J» 
