Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 352
f Prome, therewere many embankments to be made where theroad ran over low lands. While these were being possess a certain interest for those who are fondof investigating the reasons of things. According to this story there was, at one time, acomparatively small number of elephants uponthe earth,… … them the heavy loads which they were oftenobliged to carry from place to place. One day, several of the men saw the leader ofthe herd of elephants standing in the shade of aclump of trees, and they went to him to talkupon this subject. They told him of the diffi-cult) they had in taking journeys…
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