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Chapter 11

           Mr.Foggofferedfirsttwelvehundred,thenfifteenhundred,eighteenhundred,twothousandpounds.Passepartout,usuallysorubicund,wasfairlywhitewithsuspense. 

           AttwothousandpoundstheIndianyielded. 

           "Whataprice,goodheavens!"criedPassepartout,"foranelephant. 

           Itonlyremainednowtofindaguide,whichwascomparativelyeasy. AyoungParsee,withanintelligentface,offeredhisservices,whichMr.Foggaccepted,promisingsogenerousarewardastomateriallystimulatehiszeal. Theelephantwasledoutandequipped.TheParsee,whowasanaccomplishedelephantdriver,coveredhisbackwithasortofsaddle-cloth,andattachedtoeachofhisflankssomecuriouslyuncomfortablehowdahs. PhileasFoggpaidtheIndianwithsomebanknoteswhichheextractedfromthefamouscarpet-bag,aproceedingthatseemedtodeprivepoorPassepartoutofhisvitals. ThenheofferedtocarrySirFrancistoAllahabad,whichthebrigadiergratefullyaccepted,asonetravellerthemorewouldnotbelikelytofatiguethegiganticbeast. ProvisionswerepurchasedatKholby,and,whileSirFrancisandMr.Foggtookthehowdahsoneitherside,Passepartoutgotastridethesaddle-clothbetweenthem. TheParseeperchedhimselfontheelephant’sneck,andatnineo’clocktheysetoutfromthevillage,theanimalmarchingoffthroughthedenseforestofpalmsbytheshortestcut. 

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