CHAPTER I. 

 ANIMALS. 



SEC. I. DOMESTIC ANIMALS 

 THE ELEPHANT. 



THIS extraordinary animal is no where spoken of in sacred scrip* 

 ture, unless, as some think, it is the behemoth of the book of Job. 

 Of this, however, we have strong doubts, as may be seen in the ar- 

 ticle Behemoth. In the book of Maccabees, we have an account of 

 the manner in which the elephants Were employed in the field of 

 battle, and also of the methods adopted to excite them to a furious 

 contest with the enemy. Ivory, too, the well-known production of 

 the elephant, is twice distinctly mentioned in the canonical books, 

 1 Kings x. 22 2 Chron. ix. 21 On these accounts, it must find a 

 place in this work. 



The elephant is in every respect the noblest quadruped in nature, 



