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shown is almost human. It is beUevecl that the elephant has a small nerve 

 center located in the brain and that in this peculiar formation is the seat of 

 his intelligence. He is the only animal tO' possess this unusual mass, which 

 corresponds to the human ganglion. 



Long periods are required to complete the course of instruction, but 

 when once mastered, the elephant is capable of doing many things which are 

 of great use to man. It has been shown that the animal is used for many 



FEMALE INDIAN ELEPHANT. 



purposes, but when out of humor he will refuse to work and often proves 

 destructive, rather than beneficial. Kipling, who wrote probably the best 

 fiction ever printed regarding the elephant, has a number of stories which 

 describe certain traits of the animal. In his story of ''Moti Guj, Mutineer," 

 he relates how the keeper of an elephant wanted to take a vacation. He ar- 

 ranged to return on the ninth day, and when the time for departure came he 



