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Elephants, and on the other perfectly docile creatures, who obey the slightest hint from their driver. Huge though the Elephant

Fig. 118.—Indian Elephant. Elephas indicus. × 154. (After Sir Samuel Baker.)

is, it is frequently a timid beast. Sir Samuel Baker relates how one which he was riding fairly bolted at the sight of a Hare. To