JUMBO AND TOUNG TALOUNG. 



The noise made by the passage of a herd of elephants was now plainly audible, 

 so there was no difficulty in following the right course. 



The couple had penetrated less than a hundred yards, when they caught sight 

 of the rear of the drove, swinging through the dense jungle as though it could offer 

 no impediment to their progress. 



There were seven, proceeding in irregular order, crashing through the under- 

 growth, tearing off the branches above their heads, occasionally trumpeting and 

 evidently disposed to have considerable sport with each other. 



Though these huge beasts, when their suspicions are aroused, are wonderfully 

 quick of ear and eye, they showed no knowledge of their enemies, so near at hand. 

 The latter kept at a respectful distance, for they did not wish to alarm them. Had 

 they done so, more than likely the whole herd would have broken away, and, trav- 

 eling rapidly, would pass out of sight of the hunters, and keep it up for eight or ten 

 miles much too far for Dick and Mr. Godkin to follow. 



" They are going to the water," said the gentleman, who prevented the youth 

 from walking too fast ; " there is a pool or stream not far off." 



" If we were no more particular than they, we might enjoy a bath also," replied 

 Dick, greatly interested in the sight. 



The seven animals were of great size, one of them, as Mr. Godkin afterward 

 informed me, being fully ten feet high. 



THE STORY OF ONE ELEPHANT. 



There isn't a boy or girl in England or America who has not seen or read about 

 Jumbo, the largest elephant ever known. You have learned of his affecting death 

 by a railway accident, and perhaps have seen his mounted skeleton, now in a mu- 

 seum. He was mounted by Professor Henry A. Ward, of Rochester, New York, 

 who made careful measurements, which he reported to me, as follows, which I 

 believe are now published for the first time: 



Circumference (6 inches back of the eye), 10 feet 4 inches. 



Largest diameter of the ear, 5 feet 5 inches. (Jumbo was an African elephant) 



Circumference of tusk at the base, i foot 6 inches. 



Circumference of trunk at base, 3 feet 5 inches. 



Length of trunk from base of tusk, 5 feet 1 1 inches. 



Body circumference, just back of 'shoulders, 16 feet 4 inches. 



Body circumference at middle, 18 feet. 



Body circumference at point in front of hind legs, 17 feet 



Length of tail, 4 feet 6 inches. 



Fore legs: circumference of foot, 5 feet 3 inches. 



Circumference of leg (3 feet above sole of foot), 3 feet 10 inches. 



Hind legs : circumference of foot, 4 feet 



Circumference of leg (2 feet above sole of foot), 3 feet. 



Circumference of leg (4 feet above sole of foot), 4 leet 8 inches. 



