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Show TRAVELING By ELEPHANT. Uncomfortable Howdah Fording Rivers Riv-ers and Passing Through Forests. Thero wero two olophants at our disposal and myself and tho interpreter interpre-ter rodo the first, ench occupying, half of the howdah. Tho howdah has a peculiar and objectionable hnblt of nearly succeeding In cutting your legs In two. If you hung your tegs outsluo you may pad tho eJgo as much as you like, but- If you aro now to tho gamo you will wake In about half an hour from an uneasy dozo with tho painful conviction that tho lower halves of your legs havo dropped oft. On squirming up Into a position from which you enn view tho outsldo world you will sco they nro still dangling dang-ling there, but with an Irresponsibility Irresponsibili-ty which suggests that they havo been frayed through to tho last shred. Abnormal Ab-normal efforts allow you to drag them safely Inside and you think It will bo better In future to keep thorn thoro. Tho elephant is almost as fine n vo-hlclo vo-hlclo to see the surrounding country from as a London bus, and thero is a considerable element of excitement In his progression. The clophant I rodo had a ratal habit when It came to a river bank or bit of rough ground of looking around nnd picking out what seemed the worst bit ho could sec. Down one sldo of a river It seemed as if ho was engaged In trying to stand on his head and I could look out of tho howdah, although I was lying ly-ing therein, and observe 'tho fishes darting over tho stones In tho wator Just under my lord's noble forehead. More than once on theso Journeys tho beast would patiently slouch through tho trees and bushes off the track In search of something edlblo qulto re-garlcss re-garlcss of tho fact that the branches threatened to sweep howdah and everything else over tho stern. But qulto ono of tho most peculiar sensations was when thoy took It Into their heads to havo a scratch against the telegraph poles. It would be a wonderful lino which could withstand with-stand tho solid work tho elephant expects ex-pects its posts to carry out and when tho number two beast leaned too hard and tho 'post snapped I could almost sco tho mild and somewhat Indignant surpriso reflected from ono intelligent fa'co to tho other. Slngaporo Freo Press. |