$6 THE EL'EPHA N T. 



them in Abyflinia *, in Ethiopia f, in Nigri- 

 tia £, upon the eaftern coafts, and in all the in- 

 terior parts of Africa. They likewife exift in the 

 large iflands of India and Africa, as Madagas- 

 car §, Java ||, and as far as the Philippine i- 

 flands **. 



After comparing the tcftimonies of travellers 

 and hiftorians, it appears that elephants are more 



nume- 



* Sea voyage hiflorique d'Abyflinie du P. Lobo, torn. i.p. 

 57- whoi-e troops of elephants arc faid to Ije found in Abyflinia. 



f The ^Ethiopians have elephants in their country ; but they 

 are fmalier than thofe of India ; and, though their teeth are 

 hollow, and of lefs value, they conflitute a confiderable article 

 ii trade; Voyage de Paul Lucas, torn. 3. p. 186. — There are 

 many elephants in ./Ethiopia, and in the country of PreAer 

 John, beyond the ifland of Mofambique, where the Caffres or 

 Negroes kill a great number for the fake of their teeth ; Recueil 

 des vovages de la Compagnie des Indes de Hollande, torn. I. p. 413- 

 See alfo V 'A/rioue de Marmot, torn. I. p. 58. 



% Elephas magna copia in filvis Nigritarum regionis inve- 

 nitur. Solent magno numero confertim incedere, &c. ; Leonis 

 A/ric. "Defcript. Africae, torn. 2. p. 744. et 745. 



§ In the ifland of Madagafcar, elephants are fuppofed to be 

 more numerous than in any other country. Madagafcar, and 

 an adjacent ifland, called Cuzibet, furniih fuch vaft quantities 

 of Ivory, that, in the opinion of merchants, the reft of the 

 world does not produce an equal number of elephants teeth ; 

 Defctipt. de PInde Orient, par Marc Paul, p. 114. 



|l The animals found in the ifland of Java, are, 1. elephants, 

 which are tamed and hired out for labour ; Recueil des voyages 

 de la Cot pagnie des hides de Hollande, torn. 1. p. 41 1. — At Tu- 

 ban the King's elephants are each placed under a particular 

 lhade fupported by four pillars ; and, in the middle of the 

 area, which is likewife covered, there is a large flake, to which 

 the elephant is fixed by a chain ; Idem, torn. 1. p. 526. 



** Mandanar is the only Philippine ifland which produces 

 elephants ; and, as the natives do not tame thefe animals, as 

 in Siam and Cambaya, they are prodigioufly numerous ; I ~oy- 

 age <iutour du Monde, par Gemelli Careri, torn. 5. />. 209. 





