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Chapter 12

           AtnoontheParseegavethesignalofdeparture. Thecountrysoonpresentedaverysavageaspect.Copsesofdatesanddwarf-palmssucceededthedenseforests;thenvast,dryplains,dottedwithscantyshrubs,andsownwithgreatblocksofsyenite. AllthisportionofBundelcund,whichislittlefrequentedbytravellers,isinhabitedbyafanaticalpopulation,hardenedinthemosthorriblepracticesoftheHindoofaith. TheEnglishhavenotbeenabletosecurecompletedominionoverthisterritory,whichissubjectedtotheinfluenceofrajahs,whomitisalmostimpossibletoreachintheirinaccessiblemountainfastnesses. ThetravellersseveraltimessawbandsofferociousIndians,who,whentheyperceivedtheelephantstridingacross-country,madeangryaridthreateningmotions. TheParseeavoidedthemasmuchaspossible. Fewanimalswereobservedontheroute;eventhemonkeyshurriedfromtheirpathwithcontortionsandgrimaceswhichconvulsedPassepartoutwithlaughter. 

           Inthemidstofhisgaiety,however,onethoughttroubledtheworthyservant. WhatwouldMr.FoggdowiththeelephantwhenhegottoAllahabad?Wouldhecarryhimonwithhim?Impossible!Thecostoftransportinghimwouldmakehimruinouslyexpensive. Wouldhesellhim,orsethimfree?Theestimablebeastcertainlydeservedsomeconsideration. ShouldMr.Foggchoosetomakehim,Passepartout,apresentofKiouni,hewouldbeverymuchembarrassed;andthesethoughtsdidnotceaseworryinghimforalongtime. 

           TheprincipalchainoftheVindhiaswascrossedbyeightintheevening,andanotherhaltwasmadeonthenorthernslope,inaruinedbungalow. Theyhadgonenearlytwenty-fivemilesthatday,andanequaldistancestillseparatedthemfromthestationofAllahabad. 

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