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SPORT AND WAR. 
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knife you cut round and peel off a couple of inches of 
the skin at a time, and inside of it find a sort of brawn 
which is not bad eating. The elephant’s foot consists 
of a number of small bones embedded in gristle, meat, 
and fat; so that the whole, when you have poked out the 
bones, cuts into slices something like brawn; and with 
the appetite engendered by fresh air and hard work 
does not require any other sauce. The foot of the 
sea-cow or hippopotamus done in this way is about the 
best thing in the world. 
