How was the journey on the elephant in ch-7

Are you sure you don't mean chapter 11? They begin their fifty-mile journey on the elephant, whose name is Kiouni. The area they travel through is wild and full of Indian tribes (whom they call ‘Hindoos’, an archaic spelling of the Indian religious group ‘Hindus’) who are described as being ferocious. They camp for the night and begin the trip again in the morning, hoping to make it by the following evening. However, they are interrupted on their trek by a procession of Indians, who, according to Sir Francis, are on their way to make a human sacrifice of a widow whose husband, a prince, has died.