THE ELEPHANT 



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pounds and standing two feet ten inches. In eleven 

 months such a baby will gain seven hundred pounds. 

 The proboscis of the infant elephant is at first twelve 

 inches in length. 



The Asiatic elephant is smaller than the African. The 

 ears are not so conspicuous and the tusks are much 

 smaller, yet the animal is much more valuable as a 



Fig. iio. — Economic Value of the Elephant. 



worker. Indeed, the African elephant has never been of 

 any domestic use to man, owing to its uncertain temper, 

 while the Indian elephant (Fig. no) is employed in vari- 

 ous ways. The government maintains large herds which 

 display the most remarkable intelligence, performing 

 labor that requires the most exact obedience. In the 

 lumber yard they may be seen handling big logs with 

 great dexterity. In the great pageants of the East the 



