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of India, but apparently neither in Burmah nor Ceylon. There ; 

 were several which used to prowl about the barracks at Now- \ 

 gong in Central India when the writer was quartered there, ; 

 two or three of which were shot by the soldiers, and the jackals j 

 there paid them all the honours usually accorded to tigers, \ 

 following them and uttering their peculiar note of warning \ 

 which the natives call *kole baloo.' The writer has often heard \ 

 this cry, and as long as it continues no jackal within earshot \ 

 will set up his ordinary howl. This hyaena is the common'' 

 species that is found throughout Persia, Asia Minor, and North j 

 Africa. ^ 



Sterndale gives its length as 3^ ft., head and body ; tail, \ 

 about i^ ft. The writer never measured one, but estimated^ 

 the height of an old male as about 22 ins. 



XII. ELEPHANT {Ekphas indicus) 



Native names : '^ HaW generally ; ' Anay,'' Canarese [Sanderson) ; 

 '■ Allia^^ Smghalese {Sterndale). 



The elephant is found along the foot of the Himalayas, froni i 

 Deyhra Doon through Assam and Burmah to Siam ; also in 1 

 some parts of Central and Southern India and Ceylon. 



The difference between the Indian and African elephant is 

 well marked ; the small ears, smooth trunk, and more intelligent j 

 head of the former being very conspicuous. The marks on the : 

 grinders are also different, being in the Indian elephant irregu- ■ 

 lar loops, while in the African they form a string of decided j 

 lozenges joined by the corners. The African elephant has only \ 

 three toes on the hind foot, while the Indian has four. The | 

 point of difference, however, which chiefly concerns the sports- i 

 man is that in the Indian elephant there is a cavity in the skull| 

 behind the bump on the top of the trunk which enables a| 

 bullet properly placed to reach the brain, while with the Africanjj 

 variety this cavity is protected by the roots of the tusks, making)] 



the front shot ineffective. | 



