122 THE SENSES OF ANIMALS 



apparently as before; the trunk would be bent and placed 

 in the mouth but when this had seemingly been done, the 

 trunk would be stretched out empty. The keeper, playing 

 up to his audience, would say, "Where is it?" Eventually, 

 after some of this by-play, the threepenny piece would be 

 shown to have been held by the elephant between the lower 

 lip of the trunk and the trunk itself. Apart from the funny 

 side of the "trick", the fact that this great animal, with its 

 powerful and enormous trunk, was capable oi feeling our 

 smallest coin, and of holding it in the way described, is surely 

 an amazing example of the sense of touch. 



