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WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF ENGINEERING. 



The elephant in his wild state is quite a different animal 

 to the elephant in captivity ; when roaming about the hills 

 they are cunning and cautious to a degree, and the bulls as a 

 rule, but not always, take the precaution to send their wives 

 and children in advance. The old tuskers always come last 

 in the single file in which they move when on the foray. 

 Their olfactory organs are extremely sensitive and when 



THE KNOWING OLD ENGINEER. 



stalking them the direction of the wind must be most care- 

 fully considered. You may come up to within a few yards 

 of them if care is taken in this respect. The pace they go 

 when disturbed is marvellous, particularly when one sees the 

 shuffling sort of movement they have. The paths they make 

 over the ranges of hills they frequent are quite wonderful 

 examples of engineering, and one cannot help being struck 

 with the skill with which they are traced ; the gradients are 

 truly wonderful, avoiding every steep and difficult ascent by 

 regular zigzags, and I could not help thinking what a know- 



