6 THE ELEPHANT. 



i of ftrength, largenefs, and long duration of 

 life. Neither mould we overlook his arms, or 

 tufks, which enable him to transfix and conquer 

 the lion. We fhould alio confider, that the earth 

 fhcikes under his icct; that with his hand he 

 U ire up trees'"; that, by a puih of his body, he 

 makes a breach in a wall; that, though tremen- 

 dous in urength, he is rendered ftill more in- 

 vincible by his enormous mals, and by the thick- 



\s of his fkin ; that he can carry on his back 

 an armed tower filled with many warriors ; tl 

 he works machines, and carries burdens which 

 fix horfes are unable to move; that to this pro- 

 digious 



* Yeteres probofcidem elephant! mantim appellaverunt. — 

 Eadem aliquoties nummum e terra tollentem vidi, et aliquan- 

 do detrahentem arboris ramum, quem viri viginti-quatuor 

 fune trahentcs ad hanram fie&ere npn pctueramus; cum folus 

 elephas tribus vicious motum derahebat ; FartomannuSf apud 

 Gefner. cap. de . to. — Silveftrcs elephanti fagos, oleaftros, 



et palmas dentibus fubvertunt radicitus ; Oppian. — Promufcis 

 elephanti nari-j eft qua cibum, tarn ficcum quam humidum, 

 ille capiat, ori: . e ac manu admoveat. Arbores etiam 



eadem completfcndo evellit , denique ea non alio utitur modo 

 nifi ut manu; Arifict. depart:', animal. lib. z. cjp. 16. — Habet 

 praeterea talem tantamqv.e narem elephantus, ut ea manus 

 vice utatur Suo etiam reefer; erigit atquc oiFert, ar- 

 bores quoque eadem profternit, et quoties immerfus per aquam 

 ingredirur, ea ipfa edita in fablimi reflat atque refpirat ; 

 Ar'tfl. hifi. anim. lib. 2. cap. i. — The ftrength of the elephant is 

 fo amazing that it can only be known from experience. I 

 have feen an elephant carry on his tufks two cannons, fixed 

 together with cables, each weighing three thoufand pounds, 

 which he firft railed from the ground, and then carried them 

 to the diftance of five hundred paces. I have alfo feen an 

 elephant draw fhips and gallies upon land, in order to feU 

 them afloat; Voyages de Fr. Pjrard, torn. 2. p. 356. 



