190 COMMON BEITI8H ANIMALS 



The stomach is simple, and no elephant has a 

 gall-bladder or a collar-bone. 



There are five toes on each foot, but the toes are 

 not all provided with nails. 



Clever as elephants are, ^Ir. F. E. Beddard says 

 their brains suggest a high specialisation of a low 

 type. The cerebral hemispheres are much con- 

 voluted, but they are so small as to leave the 

 cerebellum completely uncovered. 



The Indian elephant, though smaller than the 

 African, is a much more shapely looking beast. 

 The front legs are longer than the hind ones, but 

 are not so long, in proportion, as those of its African 

 relative. The forehead does not slope back so 

 much, and the two bosses on it give the animal a 

 very intelligent countenance. The trunk has only 

 one projection or '^ finger '^ above and between 

 the nostrils, while the trunk of the African 

 elephant has a triangular projection on both the 

 upper and lower surfaces of the orifice. There 

 are five nails on the fore foot and four on the 

 hind foot, and the ear is much smaller than that of 

 the other species. 



It is the Indian elephant who is the great beast 

 of burden and servant of man, and it is of him that 

 most of the legends and stories of elephant sagacity 

 are told. Individual elephants vary so much in 

 disposition, some being most docile and tractable 

 and ready to give their service, while others are 

 treacherous and unsafe. 



The African elephant is larger and clumsier, and 

 has very large ears and a much less intelligent 



