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bited great aflection for its dam ; it went willingly 

 with its captor as far as tlie tree to which she was 

 fastened, when it stretched out its trunk and tried to rejoin 

 her ; but finding itself forced along, it caught at every 

 twig and branch it passed, and screamed with grief and 

 disappointment. 



These two httle creatures were the most vociferous 

 of the whole herd, their shouts were incessant, they 

 struggled to attack every one within reach ; and as 

 their bodies were more lithe and pliant than those of 

 greater growth, their contortions were quite wonderful. 

 The most amusing thing was, that in the midst of all 

 their agony and affliction, the httle fellows seized on 

 every article of food that was thrown to them, and ate 

 and roared simultaneously. 



Amongst the last of the elephants noosed was the 

 rogue. Though far more savage than the others, he 

 joined in none of their charges and assaults on the 

 fences, as they uniformly drove him off and would not 

 permit him to enter their circle. Wlien dragged past 

 another of his companions in misfortune, who was lying 

 exhausted on the ground, he flew upon him and at- 

 tempted to fasten his teeth in his head ; this was the 

 only instance of viciousness which occurred during the 

 progress of the corral. When tied up and overpowered, 

 he was at first noisy and violent, but soon lay down 

 peacefully, a sign, according to the hunters, that his 

 death was at hand. In this instance their prognostica- 

 tion was correct. He continued for about twelve hours 

 to cover himself with dust hke the others and to moisten 

 it with water from his trunk, but at length he lay ex- 

 hausted, and died so calmly, that having been moving 

 but a few moments before, his death Avas only perceived 

 by the myriads of black flies by which his body was 

 almost instantly covered, although not one was \isible 

 a moment before.^ The Eodiyas were called in to loose 



' The sui-prisiug faculty of viil- I a subject of much speculation, as to 

 tures in discoveiing carrion, has been | whotlicr it be dependent on their 

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