ioo The Rifle and Hound in Ceylon. 



The natives said that this elephant was mad ; if so, 

 it may account in some measure for the unheard-of oc- 

 currence of an elephant devouring flesh. Both ele- 

 phants and buffaloes attack man from malice alone, 

 without the slightest idea of making a meal of him. 

 This portion of the headman's story I cannot possibly 

 believe, although he swears to it. The elephant may, 

 perhaps, have cracked her head and torn his victim to 

 pieces in the manner described, but the actual "eating" 

 is incredible. 



