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 DRIFTING UOWN THE STREAM. 457 proceed from some ponderous machinery in motion : ît was caused by a troop of a hundred or more éléphants that, after feasting through the day on the roots oftheforest, had corne to quench their thirst at the river-side. But no danger was to be apprehended ; lightcd by the paie moon that rose over the tall trees, the canoë through- out the night pursued in safety its solitary voyage.