Edible portions. 89. 



that of an ox ; and the foot is said to make palatable 

 soup. The Caffres attached to the pioneer corps in the 

 Kandyan province are in the habit of securing the heart 

 of any elephant shot in their vicinity, and say it is their 

 custom to eat it in Africa. The hide it has been found 

 impracticable to tan in Ceylon, or to convert to any 

 useful purpose, but the bones of those shot have of late 

 years been collected and used for manuring coffee estates. 

 The hair of the tail, which is extremely strong and horny, 

 is mounted by the native goldsmith, and made into 

 bracelets ; and the teeth are sawn by the Moormen at 

 Galle (as they used to be by the Romans during a 

 scarcity of ivory) into plates, out of which they fashion 

 numerous articles of ornament, knife-handles, card racks, 

 and "presse-papiers." 



