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who arc exceedingly poor and wretched. They 
'watch' the fields at night, to keep off elephants and 
wild hogs. Their manner of driving away the 
elephant is by running against him by a burning 
torch made of bamboos. The animal sometimes 
turns and waits till the Curubaru comes close up ; 
but these poor people, taught by experience, push 
boldly on, and dash their torches against the ele- 
phant’s head, who never fails to take immediate 
flight. Should their courage fail, and should they 
attempt to run away, the elephant would imme- 
diately pursue and put them to death. The Curubaru 
have no means of killing so large an animal, and on 
meeting one in the day time, are as much alarmed 
as any other of the inhabitants. These poor people 
frequently suffer from tigers, against which their 
wretched huts are a poor defence : and when this 
wild beast is urged by hunger, he is regardless of their 
burning torches. 
The cutari rice is that most commonly cultivated 
in this part of India, as it is less liable than the 
others to be injured by the herds of wild elephants ; 
for these animals though they eat rice, do not 
kill that kind when they tread on it. 
Vaillant informs us, that there exists in some 
part of Africa, either a variety or species of the 
elephant, of which the male has no tusks. They 
are called by the Hottentots poes-kops, and are 
much more dreaded than other elephants. The 
same author assures us, that the feet of an elephant, 
when roasted on the embers, are esteemed rare and 
delicious morsels 
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The following anecdotes illustrate the character 
of the dog, and appear strongly to inculcate the 
belief of a merciful providence occasionally inter- 
