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CHAPTER II. 



VOICE OF THE ELEPHANT SENSES HEARING, SIGHT, AND SMELL 

 NATURAL DISPOSITION MUTUAL AFFECTION CARRYING 

 WATER TO A WOUNDED COMRADE SAGACITY FLESH OF THE 

 ELEPHANT THE FOOT PROBOSCIS AND FAT HIDE AND EAR 

 IVORY LONGEVITY. 



fPHE elephant has an expressive organ of voice. 

 JL The sounds which he utters have been dis- 

 tinguished, by his Asiatic keepers, into three kinds. 

 The first, which is very shrill, and is produced by 

 blowing through his trunk, is indicative of pleasure; 

 the second, produced by the mouth, is a low note 

 expressive of want ; the third, proceeding from 

 the throat, is a terrific roar of anger or revenge. 



The sense . of hearing in the elephant is very 

 acute. The structure of its ear has been investi- 

 gated with great accuracy by Sir Everard Home, 

 who has come to the conclusion that the elephant 

 hears sounds at a greater distance than other animals, 

 and particularly that his sense is more acute than 

 that of man. He illustrates his position by several 

 statements (too long for insertion in these pages), 

 which he gives on the authority of Mr. Corse.* 



* Afterwards Mr. Corse Scott, formerly Superintendent of the 

 East India Company's elephants at Toperah, a province of Bengal. 



