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Index. 



SAG 



SUM 



SAGACITY of the elephant, its 

 superiority questioned, 68 



— Indian elephant said to excel 

 the African in, 150 



— compared with that of the horse 

 and dog, 161 



Saragossa, elephant fight, exhi- 

 bited, 10 n. 



ScHLEGEL, Prof., OH the ele- 

 phant of Sumatra, viii. 



— doubts its distinctness from the 

 elephant of" Ceylon, viii.-xi. 



— on the supposed superiority of 

 the Ceylon to the Indian ele- 

 phant, 152 n. 



Serpents, in Ceylon, more acci- 

 dents from than from elephants, 

 10 



Severac, Jordanus de, on the 

 mode of training elephants in 

 Cambodia, 157 11. 



Shakspeare, error as to the 

 joints of the elephant, 37 



— on capturing elephants in pit- 

 falls, 96 n. 



Shaw, fallacy as to the elephant 



shedding the tusks, 7 n. 

 Shilook, size of African ivory at, 83 

 Shooting elephants, 77 

 ■ — cruelties of, 77 n. 



— fatal spot in head, 79, and 

 ear, ib. 



Siam, elephant of, xi. 



— sounds produced by, 30 n. 

 Sight, power of, 26 



— accuracy of eye when working, 

 162 



Silhet, elephant of, x. 



Sinhad of the Sea, story of the 



burial place of dead elephants, 



181 

 Siribeddi, the female decoy, her 



ability, 123 



— her conduct, 145 



Skinner, Major, story of his dog, 15 



— his description of a strange 

 sound made by elephants, 29 



Skinner, Major, finds elephant 

 traces on Adam's Peak, 41 



— number of elephants shot by 

 him, 78 



— scene described by, — elephants 

 at night, 5 1 



— story of the courage of an ele- 

 phant hunter, 99 it. 



Sleaman, General, account of 



wolves suckling children, 47 n. 

 Sloane, Sir Hans, on the anatomy 



of the elephant, 56 n. 

 Smell, power of, 27, 98 

 SOLINUS, his error as to the joints 



of the elephant, 35 

 Sounds uttered by the elephant, 27 

 Soup, made from the elephant's 



foot, 89 

 Speed of an elephant, 32 

 Sport. See Shooting 

 Stomach of the elephant, double, 



Stones, how raised by elephants, 



162 

 Strachan, Mr., description of 



shipping elephants at Manaar, 



103 n. 



— on their liability to sudden 

 death, 160 «. 



Structure of the elephant, 4 

 Stuckley, Dr. William, on the 



anatomy of the elephant, 56 n. 

 Sudden death, liability of elephants 



to, 159, 160 «. 

 " Sun and moon," emblems of 



duration, 187 

 Sumatra, elephant of, vi. 



— called gadjah, vi. 



— description by Temminck, n. 

 vii. 



— opinion of Prof Sclilegel on its 

 distinctness from the elephant 

 of India, viii. 



— ribs and vertebra;, vii. 



— teeth of, vi. 



— this opinion controverted by 

 Dr. Falconer, ix. 



