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fearfully demonstrated. Before the body of Alexandria was laid in the tomb, 

 three hundred of his bravest companions were crushed to death by elephants, 

 i.i the presence of the entire army, by command of the regent Perdiccas. 



An elephant, with a good driver, gives, perhaps, the best instance of dis- 

 ciplined courage to be seen in the animal world. Elephants will submit, day 

 after day, to have painful wounds dressed in obedience to their keepers, and 

 meet danger in obedience to their orders, though their intelligence is suf- 



ONE OF MR. SEYMOUR S HUNTING ELEPHANTS. 



ficient to understand the peril, and far too great for man to trick them into 

 a belief that there is no risk. No animal will face danger more readily at 

 man's bidding. As an example, it is told that a small female elephant was 

 charged by a buffalo, in high grass, and her rider in the hurry of the mo- 

 ment, and perhaps owing to the sudden stoppage of the elephant, fired an 

 explosive shell from his rifle, not into the buffalo, but into the elephant's 

 shoulder. The wound was so severe, that it had not healed a year later. 



