CHAPTER I. 



COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE ELEPHANT IS FOUND TWO VARIETIES 

 DIFFERENCE OF THE INDIAN AND AFRICAN SPECIES COLOUR, 

 HEIGHT, AND WEIGHT THE PROBOSCIS THE TUSKS CARE WITH 

 WHICH THE ELEPHANT GUARDS ITS TRUNK DENTITION MOVE- 

 MENTS AND PACE WHEELING ABOUT ENORMOUS WEIGHT OF 

 THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT THE SPOOR. 



" The Greek shall corao against tbo conqueror of the East, 

 By bis side there stalks to battle the huge earth-shaking beast, 

 The beast on whom the castle with all its guards does stand, 

 The beast that has between his eyes the serpent for a wand." 

 MACAULAY'S " LATS OF ANCIENT ROME." The Prophecy of Cuss. 



I 



T is somewhat singular that, notwithstanding our 

 acquaintance from very remote ages with this 



" The wisest of brutes, with gentle mind endowed, 

 Though powerful, not destructive," 



our knowledge of its habits, manners, and natural 

 history, in general, should be still so imperfect; 

 and though much of what I am about to relate 

 of this most interesting animal may be a " twice- 

 told tale," it is still to be hoped the reader will 

 find not only amusement, but matter that may not 

 previously have met his eye. 



The elephant inhabits many countries extending 

 over an immense area, but there are only two known 



