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The
Indian
had
begun
already
,
by
often
irritating
him
,
and
feeding
him
every
three
months
on
sugar
and
butter
,
to
impart
to
him
a
ferocity
not
in
his
nature
,
this
method
being
often
employed
by
those
who
train
the
Indian
elephants
for
battle
.
Happily
,
however
,
for
Mr.
Fogg
,
the
animal
's
instruction
in
this
direction
had
not
gone
far
,
and
the
elephant
still
preserved
his
natural
gentleness
.
Kiouni
--
this
was
the
name
of
the
beast
--
could
doubtless
travel
rapidly
for
a
long
time
,
and
,
in
default
of
any
other
means
of
conveyance
,
Mr.
Fogg
resolved
to
hire
him
.
But
elephants
are
far
from
cheap
in
India
,
where
they
are
becoming
scarce
,
the
males
,
which
alone
are
suitable
for
circus
shows
,
are
much
sought
,
especially
as
but
few
of
them
are
domesticated
.
When
therefore
Mr.
Fogg
proposed
to
the
Indian
to
hire
Kiouni
,
he
refused
point-blank
.
Mr.
Fogg
persisted
,
offering
the
excessive
sum
of
ten
pounds
an
hour
for
the
loan
of
the
beast
to
Allahabad
.
Refused
.
Twenty
pounds
?
Refused
also
.
Forty
pounds
?
Still
refused
.
Passepartout
jumped
at
each
advance
;
but
the
Indian
declined
to
be
tempted
.
Yet
the
offer
was
an
alluring
one
,
for
,
supposing
it
took
the
elephant
fifteen
hours
to
reach
Allahabad
,
his
owner
would
receive
no
less
than
six
hundred
pounds
sterling
.
Phileas
Fogg
,
without
getting
in
the
least
flurried
,
then
proposed
to
purchase
the
animal
outright
,
and
at
first
offered
a
thousand
pounds
for
him
.
The
Indian
,
perhaps
thinking
he
was
going
to
make
a
great
bargain
,
still
refused
.
Sir
Francis
Cromarty
took
Mr.
Fogg
aside
,
and
begged
him
to
reflect
before
he
went
any
further
;
to
which
that
gentleman
replied
that
he
was
not
in
the
habit
of
acting
rashly
,
that
a
bet
of
twenty
thousand
pounds
was
at
stake
,
that
the
elephant
was
absolutely
necessary
to
him
,
and
that
he
would
secure
him
if
he
had
to
pay
twenty
times
his
value
.
Returning
to
the
Indian
,
whose
small
,
sharp
eyes
,
glistening
with
avarice
,
betrayed
that
with
him
it
was
only
a
question
of
how
great
a
price
he
could
obtain
.
Mr.
Fogg
offered
first
twelve
hundred
,
then
fifteen
hundred
,
eighteen
hundred
,
two
thousand
pounds
.
Passepartout
,
usually
so
rubicund
,
was
fairly
white
with
suspense
.
At
two
thousand
pounds
the
Indian
yielded
.
"
What
a
price
,
good
heavens
!
"
cried
Passepartout
,
"
for
an
elephant
.
It
only
remained
now
to
find
a
guide
,
which
was
comparatively
easy
.
A
young
Parsee
,
with
an
intelligent
face
,
offered
his
services
,
which
Mr.
Fogg
accepted
,
promising
so
generous
a
reward
as
to
materially
stimulate
his
zeal
.
The
elephant
was
led
out
and
equipped
.
The
Parsee
,
who
was
an
accomplished
elephant
driver
,
covered
his
back
with
a
sort
of
saddle-cloth
,
and
attached
to
each
of
his
flanks
some
curiously
uncomfortable
howdahs
.
Phileas
Fogg
paid
the
Indian
with
some
banknotes
which
he
extracted
from
the
famous
carpet-bag
,
a
proceeding
that
seemed
to
deprive
poor
Passepartout
of
his
vitals
.
Then
he
offered
to
carry
Sir
Francis
to
Allahabad
,
which
the
brigadier
gratefully
accepted
,
as
one
traveller
the
more
would
not
be
likely
to
fatigue
the
gigantic
beast
.
Provisions
were
purchased
at
Kholby
,
and
,
while
Sir
Francis
and
Mr.
Fogg
took
the
howdahs
on
either
side
,
Passepartout
got
astride
the
saddle-cloth
between
them
.
The
Parsee
perched
himself
on
the
elephant
's
neck
,
and
at
nine
o'clock
they
set
out
from
the
village
,
the
animal
marching
off
through
the
dense
forest
of
palms
by
the
shortest
cut
.
In
order
to
shorten
the
journey
,
the
guide
passed
to
the
left
of
the
line
where
the
railway
was
still
in
process
of
being
built
.
This
line
,
owing
to
the
capricious
turnings
of
the
Vindhia
Mountains
,
did
not
pursue
a
straight
course
.
The
Parsee
,
who
was
quite
familiar
with
the
roads
and
paths
in
the
district
,
declared
that
they
would
gain
twenty
miles
by
striking
directly
through
the
forest
.
Phileas
Fogg
and
Sir
Francis
Cromarty
,
plunged
to
the
neck
in
the
peculiar
howdahs
provided
for
them
,
were
horribly
jostled
by
the
swift
trotting
of
the
elephant
,
spurred
on
as
he
was
by
the
skilful
Parsee
;
but
they
endured
the
discomfort
with
true
British
phlegm
,
talking
little
,
and
scarcely
able
to
catch
a
glimpse
of
each
other
.
As
for
Passepartout
,
who
was
mounted
on
the
beast
's
back
,
and
received
the
direct
force
of
each
concussion
as
he
trod
along
,
he
was
very
careful
,
in
accordance
with
his
master
's
advice
,
to
keep
his
tongue
from
between
his
teeth
,
as
it
would
otherwise
have
been
bitten
off
short
.
The
worthy
fellow
bounced
from
the
elephant
's
neck
to
his
rump
,
and
vaulted
like
a
clown
on
a
spring-board
;
yet
he
laughed
in
the
midst
of
his
bouncing
,
and
from
time
to
time
took
a
piece
of
sugar
out
of
his
pocket
,
and
inserted
it
in
Kiouni
's
trunk
,
who
received
it
without
in
the
least
slackening
his
regular
trot
.
After
two
hours
the
guide
stopped
the
elephant
,
and
gave
him
an
hour
for
rest
,
during
which
Kiouni
,
after
quenching
his
thirst
at
a
neighbouring
spring
,
set
to
devouring
the
branches
and
shrubs
round
about
him
.
Neither
Sir
Francis
nor
Mr.
Fogg
regretted
the
delay
,
and
both
descended
with
a
feeling
of
relief
.
"
Why
,
he
's
made
of
iron
!
"
exclaimed
the
general
,
gazing
admiringly
on
Kiouni
.
