Note 69 — Chapter II · HABITS WHEN WILD.
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Dr. Hooker, in describing the ascent of the Himalayas, says, the natives in making their paths despise all zigzags, and run in straight lines up the steepest hill faces; whilst “the elephant’s path is an excellent specimen of engineering—the opposite of the native track,—for it winds judiciously.” (Himalayan Journal, vol. i. ch. iv.)