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  • Kiouni, resuming his rapid gait, soon descended the lower spurs of the Vindhias, and towards noon they passed by the village of Kallenger, on the Cani, one of the branches of the Ganges.

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  • Just at the moment that he was about to urge Kiouni forward with a peculiar whistle, Mr. Fogg stopped him, and, turning to Sir Francis Cromarty, said, “Suppose we save this woman.”

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  • 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.

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  • When therefore Mr. Fogg proposed to the Indian to hire Kiouni, he refused point-blank.

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  • The guide watched Kiouni, who slept standing, bolstering himself against the trunk of a large tree.

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  • 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.

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  • Passepartout, a present of Kiouni, he would be very much embarrassed; and these thoughts did not cease worrying him for a long time.

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  • When therefore Mr. Fogg proposed to the Indian to hire Kiouni, he refused point-blank.

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  • 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.

    Around the World in Eighty Days 1873

  • Just at the moment that he was about to urge Kiouni forward with a peculiar whistle, Mr. Fogg stopped him, and, turning to Sir Francis Cromarty, said, "Suppose we save this woman."

    Around the World in Eighty Days 1873

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