Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 253
t on one day it would visitone locality, and on the next day be heard ofmany miles away. As to its actions, the mansaid, it suddenly came from a dense jungle nearhis native town and dashed through the streetsat midday, tearing houses to pieces, throwingthem into the air, and utterly wrecking… … HOW THE ELEPHANT CROSSES A RIVER. and destroyed the crops. When fired upon, itrushed into a small village, doing much damageand driving the inhabitants to the woods. Still another man reported that for weeks apublic road between two villages had been de-serted by even- one, because the rogue…
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