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THE ELEPHANT. 
and have been highly amused in observing the 
sagacity and care of the unwieldy nurse. The 
child which, like most children, did not like 
to lie still in one position, would, as soon as 
left to itself begin crawling about, in which 
exercise it w'ould get among the legs of the 
animal, or entangled among the branches of 
trees on which he was feeding ; when the ele- 
phant would, in the most tender manner, dis- 
engage his charge, either by lifting it out of 
the way with his trunk, or by removing tho 
impediments to its free progress. If the chilt^ 
had crawled to such a distance as to verg® 
upon the limits of his range — for the animal 
was chained by the leg to a peg driven into 
the ground — he would stretch out his trunk 
and lift it back as gently as possible to tho 
spot whence it had started ; and this without 
causing any alarm to the child, which ap' 
peared to be accustomed to the society an^l 
treatment of its Brobdignag guardian.” 
