ELEPHANTS 



some hundreds of elephants in the wilds. They are now 

 exceedingly rare, and I have only heard of two or three 

 being killed during the last twelve to fourteen years by 

 sportsmen. The shooting of a tusker, unless it is a pro- 

 claimed rogue, is however forbidden, and heavy penalties 

 attached to an infringement of the order. A fair number 

 of tuskers are in service here and there, one or two quite 

 good ones, but they must be of considerable age and were 

 probably caught many years . ago. Very many Ceylon 

 elephants have leprous-looking pink blotches on the head 

 and ears or parts of the body. 



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