ce Tula Oolah,

was full, little Celia dropped the elephant, who
was now shrieking “Tula Oolah, Tula Oolah,” joy-
fully, and at the top of his voice, into the middle
of the tub! The minute his feet touched the
water, he raised his trunk, threw his head back
and gave vent to a most ear-piercing shriek /
How such a small creature could produce such
a sound, was hard to understand, and the
German gentleman and the French gentleman,
were so much alarmed, that they immediately ran
out of the cottage !

The two hundred and thirty guests who were
waiting outside, hearing the loud cry, and seeing
the two frightened gentlemen, who were evi-
dently bent on getting away as quickly as possible,
became alarmed too, and ran for their lives, and
the beach was soon quite deserted. In the cottage
itself, only Celia and her mother and the ex-
Indian gentleman were left, and they all stood
there, watching carefully the wee elephant, to see
what would happen next.

He swam lazily round the tub three times,
trumpeting loudly and apparently having a very