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Chapter 11

           Therewasnothingtosaytosoconfidentaresponse. 

           Itwasbuttootruethattherailwaycametoaterminationatthispoint. Thepaperswerelikesomewatches,whichhaveawayofgettingtoofast,andhadbeenprematureintheirannouncementofthecompletionoftheline. Thegreaterpartofthetravellerswereawareofthisinterruption,and,leavingthetrain,theybegantoengagesuchvehiclesasthevillagecouldprovidefour-wheeledpalkigharis,waggonsdrawnbyzebus,carriagesthatlookedlikeperambulatingpagodas,palanquins,ponies,andwhatnot. 

           Mr.FoggandSirFrancisCromarty,aftersearchingthevillagefromendtoend,camebackwithouthavingfoundanything. 

           "Ishallgoafoot,"saidPhileasFogg. 

           Passepartout,whohadnowrejoinedhismaster,madeawrygrimace,ashethoughtofhismagnificent,buttoofrailIndianshoes. Happilyhetoohadbeenlookingabouthim,and,afteramoment’shesitation,said, "Monsieur,IthinkIhavefoundameansofconveyance." 

           "What?" 

           "Anelephant!AnelephantthatbelongstoanIndianwholivesbutahundredstepsfromhere." 

           "Let’sgoandseetheelephant,"repliedMr.Fogg. 

           Theysoonreachedasmallhut,nearwhich,enclosedwithinsomehighpalings,wastheanimalinquestion.AnIndiancameoutofthehut,and,attheirrequest,conductedthemwithintheenclosure. Theelephant,whichitsownerhadreared,notforabeastofburden,butforwarlikepurposes,washalfdomesticated. 

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