40 THE ELEPHANT. 



with cafe three or four thoufand weight*; The 

 fmaller, or thofe of Africa, can eafily raife with 

 their trunk a weight of two hundred pounds, and 

 place it on their own fhoulders f. They draw- 

 up into their trunks large quantities of water, 

 which they fquirt into the air, or all around, to 

 the diftance of feveral fathoms. They can carry 

 a weight of above a thoufand pounds on their 

 tufks. They ufe their trunk for breaking bran- 

 ches, and their tufks for tearing up trees. The 

 greatnefs of their ftrength may be ftill farther 

 conceived from the quicknefs of their move- 

 ments, compared with the magnitude of their 

 bodies. At their ordinary ftep, they cut as 

 much, ground as a horfe at a gentle trot; and 

 they run as fa ft as a horfe can gallop : But, in 

 a fiate of liberty, they never run, unlefs when 

 enraged or terrified. Domeftic elephants are 

 generally walked, and they perform eafily, and 

 without fatigue, a journey of fifteen or twenty 

 leagues in a day ; and, when pufhed, they can 

 travel thirty. 01 forty leagues a-day $. Their 

 tread is heard at a great diitance, and they may 

 be eafily followed by the tracks of their feet, 



which, 



* Relation d'un voyage, per Thevenot, p. 261. 



f The elephant raifes with his trunk a weight of two hun- 

 dred pounds, and places it on his own fhoulders He 



draws up into his trunk one hundred and fifty pounds of water, 

 which he fquirts to a confiderable height in the air ; UAfriqu: 

 de Marmol, torn. 1. p. 58. 



X When an elephant is pufhed, he can perform, in one clay, 

 as much as a man generally does in fix ; Ujifrique de Mar. 

 torn. 1. p. 58. 



