Within two mausoleums in the ruins of the ancient city of Uzghent, in Central Asia, the natives, believing that two holy brothers are buried there, keep candles constantly burning.
When an orchestra was sent to a zoo in Philadelphia to record the reactions of the animals to jazz, Poetre, a 12-year-old Asiatic elephant, blew a trunk- §£ of water over th* members.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 282, 29 November 1927, Page 9
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