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and came to the tree, and, having wound his
trunk around it, pulled it up by the roots, and
cast it upon the ground. I fell down senseless
among the elephants, and the great elephant,
approaching me, wound his trunk around me,
raised me on his back, and went away with
me, the other elephants accompanying. And
he ceased not to proceed with me, while I was
absent from the world, until he had taken me
into a place, and thrown me from his back,
when he departed, and the other elephants
followed him. So I rested a little, and my
terror subsided; and I found myself among
the bones of elephants. I knew therefore that
this was the burial-place of the elephants, and
that that elephant had conducted me to it on
account of the teeth.

J. then arose, and journeyed a day and a
night until I arrived at the house of my
master, who saw me changed in complexion |
by fright and hunger. And he was rejoiced
at my return, and said, ‘‘By Allah, thou hast
pained our heart; for I went and found the
tree torn up, and I imagined that the elephants
had destroyed thee. Tell me, then, how it
happened with thee.” So I informed him of
that which had befallen me; whereat he