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l.l.H-UANT OF THE GARDEN' OF PLANTS, PARIS. 



1 tin- animal seems to take a grave delight in the pomp and pageantry of which it forms 

 A part. Many of these creatures are employed in carrying burdens, one of them being abb' to 

 Bupport a w< ighl of three <>r four thousand pounds; it will bear a thousand pounds on its tusks. 

 It Ic-id- and unloads boats with its trunk ; it pulls at a tackle; it rolls and lifts and carries barrels 

 and hogsheads; in short, it does the work of oxen, horses, and men. In India the elephant is 

 thus ;! as well as familiar beast; but the inhabitants of that country do not look upon it 



with the strange, ruminating wonder which it always excites among our people. 



