Diseases. 



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1849 were on an average /t'/zr in each year, and this was 

 nearly doubled in those years when murrain prevailed. 



Of 240 elephants, employed in the public departments 

 of the Ceylon Government, which died in twenty-five 

 years, from 1831 to 1856, the length of time that each 

 lived in captivity has only been recorded in the instances 

 of 138. Of these there died : — 



Of the 72 who died in one year's servitude, 35 ex- 

 pired within the first six months of their captivity. 

 During training, many elephants die in the unaccount- 

 able manner already referred to, of what the natives 

 designate a broken heart. 



