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SCENES IN INDIA. 
The elephant upon which the tiger leaped was so 
severely wounded that it was very sulky for some 
days, and it was a considerable time before it could be 
prevailed upon, either by coaxing or urging, to venture 
again into the jungle. The elephant has naturally a 
great dread of the tiger, and in many instances will 
not approach within many yards even of a dead one. 
Before we quitted Hurdwar, we made a short ex- 
cursion to the lower regions of the Himalaya Moun- 
tains, where we found the climate delightful, and the 
face of the country diversified beyond description. 
Here was every thing at once to delight the lover of 
nature, and to arrest the attention of the artist. The 
sportsman had nothing to wish for, as game every- 
where abounded, and not a day passed without our 
table being spread with the most grateful variety. 
I reserve a particular account of this part of our ex- 
cursion for a future volume. After a few weeks spent 
among the charming valleys which adorn the bases of 
these stupendous mountains, we returned to Hurdwar, 
and thence down the Ganges to Calcutta. 
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