Emily Eden,
Letters from India, Volume I — From the Hon…
(1872)
“ As to thirty-three elephants and their drivers in a narrow lane; if it should ever happen to you to meet with them about E——, you'll find that it’s pretty unpleasant. None are allowed to come within a certain distance of Calcutta, because nine horses out of ten rear and plunge at the sight of them: mine has a particular objection to them ”
