CHAP. I. MEMORY OF ELEPHANTS. 37 



stance of recollection in this quadruped must not be 

 omitted here. An officer in the Indian army,, who was 

 quarter-master of a brigade, found it needful to put a 

 heavier load than usual on a very large elephant, called 

 thePaugul, or fool ; but he soon intimated that he was 

 only disposed to take his usual load. The officer, 

 seeing the animal repeatedly shake off the superabun- 

 dant portion, lost his temper, and threw a tent pin at 

 the animal's head. Some days after, as the latter was 

 going with others to water, he happened to pass the 

 officer, whom he very deliberately lifted up into a large 

 tamarind tree, leaving him to cling to the boughs, and 

 to get down as well as he could. And this brings us 

 to notice an instance of generosity manifested by this 

 very individual, which, together with a small female, 

 was subsequently under the command of captain Wil- 

 liamson, and both animals were used to carry the tents 

 of the party. " Unluckily," observes the captain, 

 " after the first day's march, we found that the female 

 was rather overladen, and began to gall, but we could 

 not get the Paugul to carry one ounce more than his 

 first day's burden ; the feet of the little female, how- 

 ever, becoming very sore, the animal relaxed from his 

 obstinacy, and generously took as much of her burden 

 as gave her relief during the rest of the journey." * 



(44.) The dog is scarcely inferior to the elephant 

 in powers of memory, as the following instance will 



evince : A spaniel belonging to the Rev. H. N , 



being always told he must not follow his master to 

 church on Sundays, used to set out long before, and 

 lie concealed under the hedge, so near the church, that 

 at length the point was yielded to him. The fact, that 

 dogs clearly distinguish the return of Sunday (no doubt, 

 by the different habits of that day), has been attested 

 to me by the distinct observations of several families. t 



(45.) A very intelligent writer J observes, that " this 



* Wilk. vol. L p. 243. 

 t Shephard's Autumn Dream, p. 171. 

 j Mr. French, in Zoological Journal. 

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