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fallacy as to the elephant shedding the

Shakspeare , error as to the joints of the elephant, 37 —— on capturing elephants in pitfalls, 96 n. Shaw, fallacy as to the elephant shedding the tusks, 7 n. Shilook, size of African ivory at, 83 Shooting elephants, 77 —— cruelties of, 77 n. —— fatal spot in head, 79 , and ear, ib. Siam, elephant of, xi. —— sounds produced by, 30 n. Sight, power of, 26 —— accuracy of eye when working, 162 Silhet, elephant of, x. Sinbad of the Sea , story of the burial place of dead elephants, 181 Siribeddi, the female decoy, her ability, 123 —— her conduct, 145 Skinner, Major , story of his dog, 15 —— his description of a strange sound made by elephants, 29 —— finds elephant traces on Adam’s Peak, 41 —— number of elephants shot by him, 78 —— scene described by,—elephants at night, 51 —— story of the courage of an elephant hunter, 99 n. Sleaman , General, account of wolves suckling children, 47 n. Sloane, Sir Hans, on the anatomy of the elephant, 56 n. Smell, power of, 27 , 98 Solinus , his error as to the joints of the elephant, 35 Sounds uttered by the elephant, 27 Soup, made from the elephant’s foot, 89 Speed of an elephant, 32 Sport.
— from The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

fairings and the two elder sisters the

Well, they all had their fairings, and the two elder sisters, the bad ones, they ran off and put on the new dress and the new necklace, and came out and strutted about, preening themselves like herons, now on one leg and now on the other, to see how they looked.
— from Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome

fort and to that end secured the

The Government was dilatory, but finally concluded to re-enforce the fort, and to that end secured the steamer "Star of the West," and began the work of provisioning her for the voyage.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

feet accustomed to the European shoe the

But, by a close inspection, it will be perceived that these are not the impressions of feet accustomed to the European shoe; the toes being much spread, and the foot flattened in the manner that is observed in persons unaccustomed to the close shoe.
— from Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 1 by Edmund Flagg

found a turtle the eldest said to

So off they went, and when they had found a turtle, the eldest said to his two brothers,—“Let one of you take the turtle for our father’s sacrifice, I cannot take it, as it is all slippery with slime.”
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

fade away to the edge showing that

Gravels containing tools may be surface gravels on a plateau; note then the level, and the relation of them to any cliffs; do they end abruptly at a cliff edge, showing that the valley was filled up; or do they fade away to the edge, showing that they are older than the valley erosion?
— from How to Observe in Archaeology Suggestions for Travellers in the Near and Middle East by British Museum

far as these three elements stand to

In so far as these three elements stand to each other in the shape of independent existences, this process has the aspect of an outward necessity.
— from The Logic of Hegel by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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