AFRICAN ELEPHANT 



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We received a wild-caught half-grown female by pur- 

 chase, in 1913, from Southern Ehodesia and six months 

 after her arrival she could be ridden anywhere in the 

 grounds. Her intelligence is well developed and her 



PIG. 43. Driven to Captivity. 



FIG. 44. Driven to Captivity. 



perceptions keen. A couple of months after her arrival 

 she picked up the art of begging from the public and 

 soon became an adept at it, pushing her companion 

 a full-grown Indian Elephant out of the way in her 

 eagerness and anxiety to appropriate the " tit-bits." 



