140 NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Instance of mutual affection. 



The male was first brought. He entered the 

 apartment with suspicion, reconnoitred the place, 

 and examined the strength of each bar separately 

 with his trunk. He even attempted to turn the 

 large screws on the outside, which held them to- 

 gether, but could not effect it. When he arrived 

 at the portcullis which separated the apartments, 

 he raised with his trunk the perpendicular bar 

 by which it was fastened ; then pushed up the 

 door, and entered the second apartment where 

 he received his breakfast. These two animals 

 had been separated for the convenience of car- 

 riage, and had not seen each other for some 

 months. Their unexpected meeting was there- 

 fore productive of the most lively joy. They 

 immediately rushed towards each other, send- 

 ing forth cries of joy so animated and loud 

 as to shake the whole hall; and breathing 

 through their trunks with such violence, that the 

 blast resembled an impetuous gust of wind. The 

 female expressed her delight by napping her ears, 

 with astonishing velocity, and drawing her trunk 

 over the body of the male with the utmost ten- 

 derness, and then moving it affectionately to* 

 wards her own mouth. The joy of the male was 

 more steady ; but he seemed to express it by a, 

 copious flood of tears. From this time they oc- 

 cupied the same apartment; and their mutual 

 tenderness and affection excited the admiration 

 of all who visited them. 



On their arrival in Holland, these animals were 



