MAMMALIA. 



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from the trunk, constitutes its usual mode of eating and 

 drinking, as the neck is too short for the animal to reach the 

 ground except by the trunk. The Indian Elephant is much 

 used as a beast of burthen, and for various other purposes j 

 they are very docile and sagacious. 



FIG. 64. PACHYDERMATA. 



1, Elephant (Elephas Indicus) ; 2, Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) ; 

 3, Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) ; 4, Wild Boar (Sus scrofa). 



The Horse has been subjected to the service of Man from 

 the earliest records, indeed it is not known when this 

 beautiful animal was first trained to be his useful servant 

 and companion ; he is mentioned, in the Scriptures, as being 

 subjected to the Bit, and in the sculptures brought from 



