1 88 THE HORSE : ITS TAMING, 



the Great had conquered Porus, King of India, he took 

 a great elephant, which had fought very vaHantly for 

 the king, named him Ajax, dedicated him to the sun, 

 and let him go with this inscription, " Alexander, the 

 son of Jupiter, has dedicated Ajax to the sun." This 

 elephant was found three hundred and fifty-four years 

 after. Pigs have been known to live to the age of 

 thirty years; the rhinoceros to twenty; a horse has 

 been known to live to the age of sixty-two, but 

 averages from twenty-five to thirty years; camels 

 sometimes live to the age of one hundred years; stags 

 are long-lived ; sheep seldom exceed the age of ten ; 

 cows live fifteen years. Guvier considers it probable 

 that whales sometimes live to the age of a thousand 

 years. Dolphins and porpoises attain the age of 

 thirty. An eagle died at Vienna at the age of one 

 hundred and four; ravens have reached the age of 

 one hundred ; and parrots, two hundred. Swans have 

 been known to live three hundred and sixty years. 

 Pelicans are long-lived. A tortoise has been known 

 to live to the age of one hundred and seven years. 



Number of Packs of Hoimds in Great Britain. — 

 The number of packs is greater than it was ten years 

 ago, though it so happens that there is a trifling 

 diminution in last year's total. There were then 12 

 packs of staghounds in England and 2 in Ireland, or 

 14 in all; 158 packs of foxhounds in England, 8 in 



