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STRUCTURE AND ADAPTATION OF TEETH 



of its subjects and the vivid character of its 

 descriptions, might serve as a model for other 

 travellers or residents in foreign lands. 



EiG. 49. — Transverse vertical section of skull of Asiatic Elephant, 

 showing the great developmeut of the dijploe, as compared with the 

 capacity of the brain-case. 



When we regard the comparatively limited 

 number of existing British mammals, we can 



lesson given him to write a book about the elephant, he would go to 

 Africa or Ceylon, and would probably join in an elephant-hunt; he 

 would study the animal as closely as he could in his native haunts ; he 

 would get some pretty good sketches of the animal, and would go home 

 and write the book, which would probably be a very faithful description 

 of the elephant. If a Frenchman had the task set him, he would think 

 it a great deal too much trouble to go all the way to Africa. He would 

 accordingly go to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, and would learn from 

 the keeper what he could about the animal ; that he could fire a gun, 

 ring a bell, and perform other interesting feats. He would hear how 

 much food he ate, and other matters ; and would then go home and 



