CONTENTS OF 



PART VIII. 



THE ELEPHANT. 



CHAPTER I. 



STRUCTUKE. 



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 Vast numbers in Ceylon . . . 271 

 Derivation of the word " elephant " 



(^note) 271 

 Mischief done by them to crops . 272 



Ivor}' scarce iu Ceylon . . . --3 

 Confectures as to the absence of tusks 274 



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Elephant a harmless animal 



Alleged antipathies to other animals 



Fights one with another , 



His foot his chief weapon . 



Use of the tusks in a wild state doubt- 

 ful 



Anecdote of sagacity at Kandy . 



DilTerence between African and In- 

 dian species . . . . . 



iS'ative ideas of perfection in an ele- 

 phant 



Blotches on the skin . . . . 



White elephants not unkno^vn in Cey- 

 lon 



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Water, but not heat, essential to ele^ 

 phants .... 



Sight limited 



Smell acute 



Caution .... 



Hearing, good . 



Cries of the elephant . 



Trumpeting 



Booming noise . 



Height, exaggerated . 



Facility of stealthy motion 



Ancient delusion as to the joints of 

 the leg 



Its exposure by Sir Thomas Browne . 



Its perpetuation by poets and others 



Position of the elephant in sleep 



An elephant killed on its feet 



Mode of lying down . . . . 



Its gait a shuffle .... 



Power of climbing mountains . 



Facilitated by the joint of the knee . 



Mode of descending declivities . 



A " herd " is a family. 



Attachment to their young 



Suckled indiflerently"by the females . 



A " rogue " elephant .... 



Their cunning and vice 



Injuries done by them 



Tlie leader of a herd a tusker 



Bathing and nocturnal gambols, de- 

 scription of a scene by Major Skinner 



Method of swimming 



Internal anatomy imperfectly known 



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 Faculty of storing water . . .311 

 Peculiarity of the stomach , 312-316 



The food of the elephant . . . 317 

 Sagacity in search of it . . 317,318 

 Unexplained dread of fences . 318, 319 

 His spirit of curiositv and inquisitive- 



ness . . " . . . .320 



Estimate of sagacity .... 320 

 Singular conduct of a herd during 



thunder 321 



CHAP. III. 



ELEPHANT SHOOTING. 



Vast numbers shot in Ceylon . . 323 

 Fatal spots at which to aim . . 324 

 Revolting details of elephant killing 



in Africa . . . (_note) 324 



Attitudes when surprised . . . 328 

 Peculiar movements when reposing . 328 

 Habits when attacked . . . 329 

 Sagacity of native trackers . . 330 

 Courage and agility in escape . . 331 

 Worthlessness of the carcass . . 332 

 Singular recovery from a wound(Mo<e) 333 



CHAP. IV. 



^VN ELEPHANT COP.RAL. 



Method of capture by noosing . . 335 

 Panickeas — their courage and address 336 

 Their sagacity iu following the ele- 

 phant ...... 337 



Mode of capture by the noose . . 338 



Mode of taming 339 



Method of leading the elephants to 



the coast 340 



Process of embarking thera at Ma- 



naar 341 



Method of capturing a whole herd . 341 

 The " keddah " in Bengal described . 342 

 Process of enclosing a herd . . 348 

 Process of capture in Ccj'lon . . 343 

 An elephant corral and its construc- 

 tion 344 



An elephant hunt in Ceylon. 1847 . 344 

 The town and district of Kornegalle 345 

 The rock of Aetagalla . . .345 

 Forced labour of the corral in former 

 times ...... 347 



Now given voluntarily . . . 348 

 Form of the enclosure . . . 349 

 Method of securing a wild herd . 350 

 Scene when driving them into the 



corral 351 



A failure 352 



An elephant drove by night . . 353 

 Singular scene in the corral . . 354 

 Excitement of the tame elephants . 354 



