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Instance of revenge Mutual attachment. 



the female seized his musket, trod it under her 

 feet, and did not restore it till she had twisted it 

 nearly into the form of a screw. 



An elephant that was exhibited in France some 

 years ago, seemed to know when it was mocked 

 by any person; and remembered the insult till 

 an opportunity offered for revenge. A man de- 

 ceived it, by pretending to throw something into 

 its mouth : the animal gave him such a blow with 

 its trunk, as knocked him down, and broke two 

 of his ribs. After which it trampled on him with 

 its feet, broke one of his legs, and bending down 

 on its knees, endeavoured to push its tusks into 

 his body ; but they luckily ran into the ground 

 on each side of his thigh, without doing him any 

 injury. 



Of the mutual attachment of these noble ani- 

 mals, the reader may form a tolerable idea from 

 the following relation, extracted from a French 

 journal. Two young Ceylonese elephants, a male 

 and a female were, in 1786, sent to the stadholder 

 of Holland from the Dutch East-India company. 

 They had been separated, in order to be con- 

 veyed from the Hague to Paris; where, in the 

 Museum of Natural History, a spacious hall was 

 prepared for their reception. This was divided 

 into two apartments, which had a communication 

 by means of a large door resembling a portcullis; 

 the inclosure round the apartments consisted of 

 strong wooden rails. The morning after their 

 arrival, they were conveyed to this habitation. 



