Art of Dying. Natural HiJJory af the Elephant, i8i 



It is to be regretted, that goods coloured by thefe alkaline folutions, retain the excefs of 

 colour and of gum fo ftrongly, that it is neceffary to rub them, in order to clear it ofF; this 

 inconvenience is confiderable in deep (hades, but lefs fo in thofe which are bright. 



Laftly, the author briefly exhibits the properties of zinc, by way of comparing its appli- 

 cation with that of tin, as a colouring agent. If, like this laft metal, zinc be fufceptible of 

 forming lakes with vegetable deco£tions, or infufions, its properties differ much in other 

 refpedts from thofe of tin ; for, on the one hand, the acetite of zinc cannot be ufed as 3 

 mordant, becaufe its acid does not become difengaged by drying, and the oxyde requires an 

 alkaline carbonate to fix it on the piece ; on the other hand, the alkaline folution of the oxydc 

 of zinc not being capable of fuperoXydation, is not proper to co-operate with the folution of 

 indigo : and the alkali not lofing its caufticity, cannot be advantageoufly ufed in the folution 

 of the coloured'oxydes of zinc. 



Here concludes the tafk I have undertaken of giving an account of the labours of 

 Citizen Hauflman. His paper abounds with fo many facts, and excellent views, that it is with 

 regret that 1 have abridged his recital. 1 have been careful to omit nothing of importance., 

 Some conjeflural ideas of the author, refpefling the production of phofphorus, during the folu- 

 tion of tin by the muriatic acid, and the compofition of metals, prefumed, from their analogy 

 ' with alumine, are paffed over in filence, becaufe the author himfelf does not feem to attach 

 any confiderable value to thefe notions, and has offered them with that modefty which ought 

 always to be {hewn with regard to affertions, not yet fupported by decifive experiments. 



C. A. PRIEUR. 



VIII. 



Obfervat'tons on the Manners^ Habits^, and Natural Hijiory of the Elephant. By JoHN 



Corse, Efq *. 



S 



INCE the remoteft ages, the elephant, on account of his fize, his fagacity, and his won- 

 derful docility, has attra£ted the notice, and excited the admiration of philofophers and natu- 

 ralifts, both ancient and modern ; and few travellers into Afia, or Africa, have omitted giving 

 fome account of him. 



A refidence, however, of more than ten years inTiperah, a province of Bengal, fituated at 

 the eaftern extremity of the Britifli dominions in Afia, where herds of elephants are taken every 

 feafon, afforded me frequent opportunities of obferving not only the methods of taking them, 

 but alfo the habits and manners of this noble animal. 



From the year 1792 till 1797, the elephant hunters were entirely under my dire£tion; fo 

 that I had it in my power to inftitute fuch experiments as I thought likely to difcover any par- ■ 



* Philof. Tranf. 1799. p. 31- 



Vot. III.— July 1799. ' Bb ticulars 



