ELEPHANT 293 
Dimensions of Male Elephant killed on Lake Nyassa, 9th September, 
roo (oir Johnakirk, MDa KCB) 
Height at withers. : : . 10 3 | Horizontal diameter of ear : 3 iG 
Circumference of forefoot . 5 1 | Perpendicular do. G fe 
From tip of trunk to crown of head . 9 © | Semicircumference of belly : 5 ©) © 
Crown of head to insertion of tail 5 1iZ3" (6) Do. of chest 7 10 
Length of tail . : : : meee Each tusk weighed about 30 lbs. 
Dimensions of Elephant brought from South Africa by 
H.R.H. the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 
ft. eins ft. in. 
Height at withers. : : . 10 o | Circumference of head. : 7 TOO 
From tip of trunk to tip of tail . . 23 5 | From ear to ear : 2 : 5 Ge 
Girth . ; ; : : aeLOMOn plcencth ofearae. , F : a(S) 
From top of head to end of trunk =. II 3 The skull and tusks weighed more than 
3 cwt.; the weight of the whole skin when 
The weight of the entire elephant in the taken from pickle 20 cwt. 6 Ibs. 
flesh was 4 tons 8 cwt. 4 lbs. 
Weight of a Baby Elephant, when born, about 213 Ibs. 
Period of gestation, 629 days. 
Height of African ¢ Elephant shoulder to forefoot, perpendicular line, 
10 feet 64 inches (the late Sir Samuel Baker, Bart.) 
The celebrated Zoo Elephant “Jumbo” weighed 65 tons when he left 
this country, and did not exceed 11 feet at the shoulder. 
Dimensions of Male Elephant shot in Somaliland. by 
Capt G. FE. I. Leather. 
ft. in ft) ine 
Height at withers . ; s © 10h Girth of Belly a LOL wee 
Total length, trunk to end of tail - 23 4 Do. Foot : : ee OMr5s 
