$t THE ELEPHANT. 



of their falutary or noxious qualities, and of 

 their diftahce. Thus, by the fame members, and 

 by one fimultaneous act, the elephant feels, 

 perceives, and judges of feveral things at one 

 time. Now a multiplied fenfation is equivalent, 

 in fome meafure, to reflection : Though this a- 

 himal, therefore, is, like all others, deprived of 

 the faculty of reflecting, as his fenfations are* 

 combined in the fame organ, contemporary, and 

 not feparated from each other, it is not furpri- 

 fma: that he mould have ideas of his own, and 

 readily acquire thofe we wifh to communicate to 

 him. The memory of the elephant mould be 

 more perfect than that of any other animal ; for 

 memory depends greatly on the circumftances of 

 actions. No folitary fenfation, however lively, 

 can leave any diftinct or durable impreffion ; but 

 feveral combined and contemporary fenfations 

 make deep and lading impreffions ; fo that, if 

 the elephant cannot recollect: an idea by touch 

 alone, the adjacent and acceiTory fenfations of 

 fmelling, and the power of faction, which have 

 acted at the fame time, aid him in recalling 

 the remembrance of it. In man, the belt mode 

 of rendering the memory faithful, is to employ 

 fuccefiively all our fenfes in examining; an ob- 

 ject ; and it is owing to the neglect of habitua- 

 ting ourfelves to the combined ufe of our fen- 

 fes, that we forget molt thiegs we ought to re- 

 member. 



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