NATURAL HISTORY. 



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he express his thanks by a mur- 

 muring noise. When a bough ob- 

 structed the houdah, he twisted 

 his trunk around it, and, though 

 of considerable magnitude, broke 

 it o£F with ease, and often gathered 

 a leafy branch, either to keep off 

 the flies, or as a fan to agitate the 

 air around him, by waving it with 

 his trunk ; he generally paid a visit 



at the tent door during breakfast, 

 to procure sugar-candy or fruit, 

 and be cheered by the encomiums 

 and caresses he deservedly met 

 with : no spaniel could be more 

 innocently playful, nor fonder of 

 those who noticed him, than this 

 docile animal, who, on particular 

 occasions,appeared conscious of his 

 exaltation abovethe brute creation. 



PROJECTS. 



