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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 204

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nced mahoutsare able to tell their age at a glance by the shapeof their ears. As workers they are both quietand swift; I have seen a Rangoon elephant out-run a fast horse for a short distance. Oddlyenough they cannot jump in the least, and a deepditch only seven feet wide is to them quite… … HOW ONE OF A TEAM OF TWO ELEPHANTS GETS HIS TUSKS UNDER A LOG. should the prisoners misbehave themselves theyare very drastically corrected by the tusks oftheir taskmasters. In a week or so each captiveis led forth between two tame elephants, and hiseducation is very nearly complete. Many…

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