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"But I shall never wear a precious stone again, if I live. I abhor them!" "I am my father's daughter," said Winnie. "Put the howdahs on the two elephants," Umballa ordered. The men obeyed clumsily, being fishermen by occupation and mahouts by compulsion. Kathlyn tried in vain to see where they were taking Bruce and the others.
But most of the mahouts and catchers noticed the rapidity with which the little Muztagh acquired weight and strength. He outweighed, at the age of three, any calf of his season in the encampment by a full two hundred pounds. And of course three in an elephant is no older than three in a human child. He was still just a baby, even if he did have the wild tuskers' love of liberty.
This box was directly over a wooden canopy where the mahouts loafed between fights. Back of this canopy was a door which led outside. Through this Bruce proposed to lead Kathlyn during the confusion created by the explosion. On the day of the ordeal only the bedridden remained at home.
"One of the mahouts said that the Hindus here regard your husband as one, too," said Frank, "and he seemed inclined to believe it himself. I like the name they've given Colonel Dermot Durro Mut Sahib, Fear Not Sahib." A look of pride came in the young wife's eyes as she repeated the name softly to herself. "Fear Not Sahib. Yes, it suits him."
Nearly all the elephants were now out, and only about half a dozen remained in the jungle, all still advancing in correct line, and perhaps a dozen yards remaining of dense reeds and creepers forming the acute angle at the extremity. They still came on. Two or three of the mahouts shouted, "The tiger's behind, we must go back and take a longer beat."
'Call up your beast, said the planter, and Deesa shouted in the mysterious elephant-language, that some mahouts believe came from China at the birth of the world, when elephants and not men were masters. Moti Guj heard and came. Elephants do not gallop. They move from spots at varying rates of speed.
These mahouts had trained ears; and they listened computing the stranger's rate of speed. The fullness of tone increased; and presently one said: "He comes fast." But they were not prepared to see the elephant that rolled into the glare of their torches out of the night.
Stories are numerous concerning the animosity of elephants against their mahouts or other attendants who have cruelly treated them; but, on the other hand, the animals frequently exhibit a wild ferocity towards those who have been innocent of harshness.
The Government of India presented him to Kevin. Now come back to the house and have tea. Oh, no, after your long ride you'll prefer a whiskey and soda." "I'd really rather have the tea, I think, Mrs. Dermot. I don't feel thirsty up in this deliciously cool air. It's awful down in the Plains now. But what about my elephants and baggage?" "Tell the mahouts to go to the Mess.
Nine feet at the highest portion of the back is a good height for an Indian male, and eight feet for the female, although occasionally they are considerably larger. There are hardly any elephants that measure ten feet in a direct perpendicular, although the mahouts pretend to fictitious heights by measuring with a tape or cord from the spine, including the curve of the body.
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