Durand, G., 1893. A panic at an indian fair (Sonepore fair in Bengal). The Graphic Saturday 09 September 1893: 320
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[37] I started one day from Dehra for Dooeewalla, beyond Lucheewalla, with C. Grant, of the Civil Service. Our tents were pitched on a grassy plain dotted with thorn bushes and a sprinkling of jungle trees; we had pad and howdah elephants with us, intending to beat for general game. We commenced beating on the Lucheewalla plain in the direction of the Sooswa river, and had shot a hog deer and cheetul, and started a very heavy pig, when I perceived two great slate-coloured car- cases in front of us, which I at first supposed to be rhinocerosses ; on nearer inspection they proved to be young elephants, ten years old, who started off on viewing our line. We headed them and followed for some time on foot, and I got a shot at one with a light single rifle, the only one I had with me at the time. I was anxious to secure one, if possible, as it was the first time I had seen them
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A panic at an indian fair (Sonepore fair in Bengal)
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