IOO The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon. 



The natives said that this elephant was mad ; if so, 

 it may account in some measure for the unheard-of oc- 

 currence of an elephant devouring flesh. Both ele- 

 phants and buffaloes attack man from malice alone, 

 without the slightest idea of making a meal of him. 

 This portion of the headman's story I cannot possibly 

 believe, although he swears to it. The elephant may, 

 perhaps, have cracked her head and torn his victim to 

 pieces in the manner described, but the actual " eating" 

 is incredible. 



