gg ZOOLOGY OF INDIA. 



%Tl\eZTlElepMs Indicus), supposed by many to 



^' 'r ?s'bvtl2t?s l°n bltd "rm many actions 

 proboscis, by which it i^ en . »' ^ably superior in 



which the dog ^"'l ,^,^;„^°',';h\evTncrf frL their different if 

 wisdom, are incapable ot achieving, entertain 



not more defective organization S^iU je can 

 no doubt, either from the ancient records «' m 

 exhibitions of its docile disposition, *^^ f '^ J^y re- 

 highly gifted for an irrauon. being^ S^t ^^jfnSnlith 

 tains its finer natural in^^mcts even i J j ^^^^ 



those more artificial acquirements, which mse 

 species seem to deaden or counterac the mfljnces p^^^ 

 instinctive feeling. For example, ?^J^. "^^ Joddam of 

 Johnson, that an elephant belong ng to Mr- Bodda 



the Bengal civil service at 5^y=^^'"'!f^*;!!'J house to the 

 over a small bridge leading f'^^'^.^^^^^^^'^J^Ji u ; but was 

 town. He one day, hovvever, '^.^^^tnt ^hT^.J ^ith an 

 at length, by being cruelly gored ^^out the heaa ^^ 



'"EteDhanls in Am country ar. usually fed on hay and 



rdTdT^';.=e":V 5° :unL\»eigV »Hh » 

 adlilLa/suppl, often pounds of »8"' '>-'^'" '^Xw^ 

 and popp.- ;,™'l^f"™| *r;«ThrM 6« princi ar! 



s;rdSJt.Tt*l-:js?.T^:&^^^^^^^ 



the Carthaginian eleplrants captured by Metellus so costly 

 that thev were afterward slain in the circus. Yet, accord 

 £g to Xn's account, less rigid economy prevailed m the 



* Indian Field Sports, p. 56. 



