THE BREEDING OF ELEPHANTS. 95 



had just been caught, and which were at large within the kheddah en- 

 closures. On each, the female elephant stood to receive the male in the 

 manner common to all quadrupeds. The opposite opinion may have arisen 

 from the fact that it is possible for a heavy male to bear down to her knees 

 a female much smaller than himself. On none of these occasions did the 

 male elephant exhibit signs of m\ist, which shows that it is not only wlien 

 under its influence that male elephants court the society of the females. 



