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THE ELEPHANT AS AN EMBLEM 



CHAP. 



specimens which have been and are in the possession of the Zoologi- 

 cal Society, and other proprietors. It was apparently used in the 

 past. Certain Carthaginian coins are stamped with a figure of 



the African Elephant ; but in Africa no attempts are now made 

 to utilise this creature except for food and ivory. 



The meaning of an Elephant as an emblem upon a coin 

 appears to be eternity, and there is no question but that the 



