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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 1, 1832. 



BIISCELLAiVY 



From tho Salem Gazette. 



A Fi.vE Young Elt.phant, belonging to Picker- 

 ing Dodge, Esq. came passenger in tlie sliip Rome, 

 wbichi arrived at Boston two weeks since. We are 

 informed that lie has enjoyed uninterrupted health on 

 tlie passage, always eating his allowance witli a 

 good appetite, although he suffered considerably from 

 the cold, notwithstanding all the precautions taken 

 by Captain Kennedy for his comfort. His daily ra- 

 tions were thirty pounds of hay, thirty pounds of straw 

 and twentyfive pounds of rice, moistened with twelve 

 gallons of water. On several occasions during the 

 passage, he displayed the sagacity and gratitude for 

 attention, for which the species is so remarkable. — 

 Before he was put on board at Calcutta, a house was 

 built for him, in the strongest manner, covered with 

 thick teak-planks, which were fastened to the frame 

 by stout iron spikes, clenched on the inside. The El- 

 phant was swung into the ship by means of a crane, 

 and straps around the body, as o.xen are prepared for 

 shoeing. His mahout guided him into the domicil 

 prepared for him, without any trouble, but in that hot 

 climate he soon found the exclusion of fresh air dis- 

 agreeable, and did not cast about long for a remedy. 

 In a playful manner, he applied his trunk to the stout 

 and firmly secured planks, wrenched them off as if 

 they hai been straws, and dashed them away. No 

 attempt was made at that time to replace them ; but 

 when the ship approached our coast, the Elephant 

 began to suffer from the cold. To shelter him Cap- 

 tain Kennedy resolved to make another endeavor to 

 cTose up this house. This time there was no attempt 

 on the part of the Elephant to obstruct the process. 

 He appeared perfectly to understand the object, and 

 to feel grateful for it. Nothing but tliin boards were 

 used, fastened with common nails ; the slightest blow 

 of his trunk would have shivered them to atoms, but 

 he cautiously abstained from toucliing them. The 

 whole was made air tight, as the seamen thought, by 

 filling the crevices with straw, but the quick eye of 

 the Elephant discovered several small fissures, which 

 he pointed out with his trunk, till they were succes- 

 sively filled. When the whole was completed, his 

 satisfaction appeared to have no bounds. 



Before the approach of cold weather, a coat had 

 been made for him, composed of gunny-bags, stuffed 

 with straw. He suffered this to be tried upon him 

 and nicely fastened in every part; but no sooner was 

 the fitting completed, than he stripped it off in a uiO' 

 ment, and threw it aside. At length, however, the 

 cold became extreme, and the Elephant evidently 

 .suffered e.xceedingly. Captain Kennedy then had a 

 new dress made for him, and placed it on him in the 

 same manner as before. In this case, as with respect 

 to the covering of the house, the Elephant fully ap- 

 preciated the kindness of the motive,aud his gratitude 

 and satisfaction were manifested in the most intelli- 

 gible manner. 



During the whole passage he was completely un- 

 der the control of his mahout, or keeper, and would 

 lie or kneel down whenever ordered by him ; but al- 

 ways slept standing. He would brace his head firmly 

 against one end of the house, and his side against 

 the wall, and whenever the ship shifted her cours 



he altered his position to conform to it. He never 

 left his inclosure during the whole passage of more 

 than a hundred and si.xty days. 



Some difficulty was anticipated in landing him, but 

 it was fortunately effected with ease and safety. A 

 flooring of double plank was laid from the ship's deck 

 to the wharf, and the Elephant, with the mahout on 

 his back, was released from his long imprisonment 

 and conducted to the gangway. He surveyed min- 

 utely the platform prepared for his egress, and placed 

 his foot upon it to test its strength. He was not en- 

 tirely satisfied, however of its capacity to endure his 

 great weight, and returned to his house. After a 

 while he was coaxed out again, and lines were at- 

 tached to each of his fore-legs. Again he placed 

 one of his feet upon the platform, and at that moment 

 the men who were holding the line drew it tight and 

 kept the leg stretched out. He then extended his 

 other fore-leg, and that was immediately drawn out 

 in the same manner. Finding there was compulsion 

 in the case, and that he must go, and judging, like 

 philosopher, that his weight was less likely to break 

 through when spread over a large surface than when 

 concentrated, he threw himself upon his belly and by 

 a muscular movement worked his way from the ship 

 to the wharf, to the great delight of tliousands of 

 people who covered the neighboring wharves,vessels 

 and stores. 



(U^It can do no harm to mention, that not a drop 

 of ardent spirit was drunk on board Capt. Kennedy's 

 ship from the day of her departure to her return. — 

 Plenty of hot coffee and chocolate supplied its place 

 in cold weather, and the yankee switchell preserved 

 the health of the men in Calcutta, while half the rum 

 drinking crews there were in the hospital. 



The Cliinese green tea ])lant (camelHa viridis) 

 has been successfully planted by Mr Rooisoy, of 

 Bristol, in a part ofBreckno(k.«liire, Wales, near the 

 source of the Usk, about 1000 feet above the level 

 of the sea, and higher than tho limits of the native 

 woods, consisting of alder and birch. It endured 

 the winter, and was not affected by the late frosts 

 of last May; and it has made several vigorous 

 shoots. 



the root, below whore it was bitten ofi', I could 

 never find any part of it left, so that it is very pro- 

 bable it was eaten by them. I have by me several 

 trees so cut down, for the inspection of any person 

 who may be desirous of witnessing, with his own 

 eyes, the wonderful powers of so diminutive a 

 creature as the mouse in felling trees.' — Jim. Far. 



Planting Mulherry Trees. — We are frequently 

 asked at what distance we would plant white mul- ' 

 berry trees, for the purpose of feeding silk worms. ' 

 If it be intended to form full grown trees, thirty ■ 

 feet a])!irt each way, is probably the nearest that it i 

 «-uuld be advisable to ]>lant them. Where land is 

 abundant, forty feet would be preferable. The full 

 grown tree generally covers a circle of twentyfive 

 to Ibrty feet diameter. If the hedge form be pre- 

 ferred, the young trees may be planted one to two 

 feet apart; the tops to be cut off in the fall or win- 

 ter of every year. In this mode the great advan- 

 tage of gathering the leaves without climbing is se- 

 cured. The hedges might be planted fifteen to 

 tneuty feet apart, and thus an acre would produce 

 as niucli foliage as if occupied by large trees, and 

 there would be a great saving of time in the pro- 

 duction of the hedge, compared with that required 

 to produce the large trees. — lb. 



Ammunition. 



OF the best quality ai.il lowest prices, for sporting — 

 const.-iTillv for sale at COPELANU'S POWDER STORE, 

 S: 15ro;Ml Street. 



N. B. If llie quality is not found satisfactory, it may 

 ^e returned, and the money willbo reliinuca Jan. 1 



Immense number of mice. — In a forest planted Iiy 

 Lord Glenbervie, the mice, threatened its entire 

 de-struct'on. The following is an extract from the 

 Horticultural Register for Aiigu.st, 1831. 



' In short, lioles about two feet long and ten in- 

 ches broad at top, and somewhat larger every vaj 

 at the bottom, were made at twenty yards apjrt, 

 over about 3200 acres of plantation ; persons wtut 

 round early in the morning, to destroy such nii;e 

 as might be found in the lioles. In this way, b«- 

 sides w hat the owls, hawks, magpies, and weasck 

 took out of the holes (and several of these de]>re- 

 dators lost their lives in attempting to seize their 

 prey,) 30,000 mice were paid for by government, 

 nor were they extirpated until they had destroy- 

 ed, in four inclosures, amounting only to 170) 

 acres, the astonishing number of 200,000 five yea- 

 old oaks, together with an immense number of 

 acorns and young seedlings.' 



' It is said by naturalists,' observes Mr Billinj- 

 ton, ' that the beaver will fell trees with his teetl, 

 but I have never seen an account of mice felling 

 oak trees ; yet I have seen many trees 7 or 8 feet 

 high, and an inch and a half in diameter, cut dovn 

 by them. When examining for the thick part if 



Flooring Boards, &c. 



OF hard Southern Pine, or Eastern White Pine, fur- 

 nished to order, ready planed (liy .steam power) and 

 tonijued or grooved, of any required dimensions. Quality 

 good, and piice lower than Ihev can be elsewhere had. 



Apply to E. COPELAND, Jr, do, Bioad street. 



European Leeches. 



The subscriber has made such arrangements abroad 

 as to enable him to be constantly supplied with the gen- 

 tine medical Leech. All orders will receive prompt at- 

 Kntion. EBENEZER WIGHT, 



46, Milk street, opposite Federal-st, Apothecary, 



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