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THE UNGULATES, OR HOOFED MAMMALS 



An immature female elephant is worth about $725 (we presume 

 Value counting the rupee at its nominal value of thirty-eight cents), while 



good working females will fetch from $900 to $i ,400. Tuskers are, however, far more 

 valuable, ranging from $ 3 ,75O to $7,000 or $7,500, or even more 



"points" be perfect. 



The domesticated elephant is largely employed in India 



Uses of transport of heavy camp equipage, for dragging timber to the rivers, 



S and in lieu of horses for artillery; and is of especial value in traversing 



districts where roads are either wanting, or are so bad as to be impassable for other 



ELEPHANT STACKING TIMBER. 



animals when laden. Elephants may be employed either as beasts of burden or of 

 draught; and in the former case their loads should not exceed half a ton for continuous 

 marching, while in hilly districts they should be reduced to about seven hundred 

 pounds. In dragging timber of moderate dimensions, a short rope is attached to 

 one end of each log, which the elephant seizes between his teeth, and thus raising 

 his burden from the ground, half carries and half drags it away. Tuskers are both 

 stronger and more useful than females, since their tusks often aid them in the per- 

 formance of their duties. 



The majority of the animals employed in tasks like the above, belong to what 

 the natives term the inferior castes; tuskers of the finest and most approved form 



