COXTEXTS. 

 PART I. 



HABITS IX A STATE OF XATURE. 



CHAPTER I. 



STRUCTURE AND FUXCTION'S. 



Vast numbers in Ceylon 



Derivation of the word "ele- 

 phant," nct£ . 



Antiquity of the trade in ele- 

 phants .... 



Numbers now diminishing . 



Mischief done by them to 

 crops .... 



Ivorv' scarce in Ceylon 



Conjectures as to the absence 

 of tusks .... 



Elephant a harmless animal . 



Alleged antipathies to other 

 animals .... 



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Fights with each other 



The foot its chief weapon 



Use of the tusks in a wild 

 state doubtfid . 



Anecdote of sagacity in an 

 elephant at Kandy . 



Difference between African 

 and Indian sf>ecies . 



Native ideas of perfection in 

 an elephant 



Blotches on the skin . 



^^"hite elephants not un- 

 known in Cevlon 



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CHAPTER II. 



HABITS WHEN' WILD. 



Water, but not heat, essential 



to elephants . . .25 

 Sight limited ... 26 



Caution 

 Smell acute 

 Hearing good 



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