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10 ft. I in., and the writer has seen a foot in Mr. Rowland 

 "Ward's shop that measured 5 ft. in circumference, which should 

 make the animal 10 ft. at the shoulder. 



Sterndale gives 10 ft. 7 J ins. as the largest authentic 

 measurement on record, and oddly enough quotes Sanderson 

 as authority for the measurement of this elephant, which 

 belonged to the Sirmoor Rajah. 



As regards tusks, Sanderson's biggest pair measured 



4 ft. II ins. and 5 ft. respectively, with a girth of 16^ ins. at 

 the gum, the pair weighing 74J lbs. 



Sir Victor Brooke's big tusker measured : Right tusk, 8 ft. ; 



5 ft. 9 ins. outside socket ; girth i ft. Ac^^ ins. ; weight, 90 lbs. 

 Left tusk, 3 ft. 3 ins. ; i ft. 2 ins. outside socket ; girth, i ft. 

 8 ins. ; weight, 49 lbs. 



The skeleton of the well-known Arcot rogue elephant, now 

 in the Madras Museum, measures 10 ft. 6 ins. at the shoulder. 

 Mr. Rowland Ward considers that when alive it must have 

 stood 10 ft. 10 ins. 



' Jumbo,' the African elephant in the Zoological Gardens, 

 stood II ft., and Sir S. Baker says that African elephants 

 measure 1 2 ft. or more. 



The three largest African tusks recorded in ' Horn 

 Measurements,' by Rowland Ward, are : 



XIII. RHINOCEROS 



There are no fewer than four different kinds of rhinoceros 

 to be found in India and Burmah ; viz. Indicus^ Sondaicus^ 

 Lasiotis and Su7?iatrensis. The first, which is the most generally 

 known, extends from the Nepal Terai to Assam. The second 



