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after him, but could not get up in time to prevent 
his escape : she, however, brought back his driver, 
and the load he had thrown off, and we proceeded, 
without any hope of ever seeing him again. 
“ Eighteen months after this, when a herd of ele- 
phants had been taken, and had remained several 
days in the enclosure, till they were enticed into 
the outlet, there tied, and led out in the usual man- 
ner, one of the drivers, viewing a male elephant 
very attentively, declared that he resembled the one 
which had run away. This excited the curiosity 
of every one to go and look at him ; but when any 
person came near, the animal struck at him with 
his trunk, and, in every respect, appeared as wild 
and outrageous as any of the other elephants. At 
length, an old hunter, coming up and examining 
him narrowly, declared he was the very elephant 
that had made his escape about eighteen months 
before. 
“ Confident of this, he boldly rode up to him, 
on a tame elephant, and ordered him to lie down, 
pulling him by the ear at the same time. The ani- 
mal seemed quite taken by surprise, and instantly 
obeyed the word of command, with as much quick- 
ness as the ropes with which he was tied permitted ; 
uttering at the same time a peculiar shrill squeak 
through his trunk, as he had formerly been known 
to do ; by which he was immediately recognised by 
every person who had ever been acquainted with this 
peculiarity.” 
Thus we see that this elephant, for the space of 
