THE ELEPHANT. 
209 
At the siege of Bhurtpore, in 1805, the 
British army had been for a long time before 
*•^6 city, when, on the approach of the dry 
^^ason, the ponds or tanks were exhausted, and 
*^0 more water was left for the use of the 
^i^oops, the camp-followers and cattle, than the 
’^mense wells of the country would furnish, 
^ence no little struggle and confusion took 
Wace at the wells for the priority in procuring 
requisite supply. On one occasion two 
elephant-drivers, each with his elephant, one 
*'6markably large and strong, the other com- 
paratively small and weak, were at the well 
legether. The small elephant had been fur- 
^''shed by his master with a bucket, which he 
parried at the end of his trunk ; but the larger 
euig unprovided with the necessary utensil, 
^ither spontaneously, or by the desire of his 
l^aeper, seized the bucket, and easily wrested 
from his less powerful fellow-servant. The 
^tter obviously felt the insult, though he 
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