84 On the Elephants brought to Paris. 



but always flood upright or leaned againft the bars of his 

 cage, and kept watch for his female, who lay down and flept 

 every night. On the leaft noife, or the fmalleft alarm, he 

 fent forth a cry to give notice to his companion. 



Thejoy which they experienced on feeing each other after 

 fo long a fepa ration may be readily imagined. 



When the female entered, {lie fent forth a cry expreflive 

 only of the pleafnre which the felt on finding herfelf at li- 

 berty. She did not at firft obferve the male, who was bufy 

 feeding in the fecond apartment. The latter alfo did not im- 

 mediately difcover that his companion was fo near him ; but 

 the keeper having called him, he turned round, and imme- 

 diately the two animals rufhed towards each other, and fent 

 forth cries of jov fo animated and loud, that they (hook the 

 whole hall. Thev breathed alfo through their trunks with 

 fuch violence, that the blalt rcfembled an impetuous guft of 

 wind. The joy of the female was the moll lively : fhe ex- 

 prefled it, by quickly flapping her ears, which fhe made to 

 move with aftouifhing velocity, and drew her trunk over the 

 body of the male with the utmoft tendernefs. She, in parti- 

 cular, applied it to his car, where fhe kept it a longtime, and, 

 after having drawn it over the whole body of the male, 

 would often move it affe&ionately towards her own mouth. 

 The male did the fame thing over the body of the female, 

 but his jov was more concentrated. He feemed to exprefs 

 it by his tears, which fell from his eyes in abundance. 



Since that moment they have never been feparated, and 

 they occupy together the fame apartment. The fociety of 

 thefe two animals, their habits, their mutual tendernefs, and 

 their natural attachment, ftill excited by the privation of 

 liberty, will furnifh curious obfervations for the hiftory of 

 their fpecies. 



Thefe two elephants, \vhich are natives of Ceylon, were 

 brought to Holland when very young. They are about 

 fifteen years of age. Their height is feven feet and fome 

 inches. Their tufks, which are very fhort, have been 



broken, 



