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fm-aller than the colon, being only three and a 

 half or four feet long, and only one, or one and 

 a half in its largeft diameter. To fill fuch ca- 

 pacious vends, it is neceiTary that the animal, 

 when not fnrnifhed with nourishment more fub- 

 ftantial than herbage, mould eat almoft perpe- 

 tually. Wild elephants, accordingly, are almoft 

 continually employed tearing up trees, gather- 

 ing leaves, and breaking young wood; and the 

 domeftic elephants, though fupplied with great 

 quantities of rice, fail not to collect herbs when- 

 ever they have an opportunity. However great 

 the appetite of the elephant, he eats with mode- 

 ration, and his talle for cleanlinefs is fuperior to 

 the calls of hunger. His addrefs in feparating 

 w r ith his trunk the good leaves from the bad, 

 and the care which he takes in making them till 

 they are perfectly clear of infecls and land, af- 

 ford great pleafure to the fpeSator *. He is 

 fond of wine, aquavitae, arrack, &c. By {bow- 

 ing him a vcfTel filled with any of thefe liquors, 

 and promiling him it as the reward of his la- 

 bours, he is induced to exert the greater!: efforts, 

 and to perform the mod painful talks. He 

 feems to love the fmoke of tobacco ; but it ftu- 

 pifies and intoxicates him. He abhors all bad 

 imells ; and has fuch a terror at the hog, that 

 the cry of that animal makes him flv *j\ 



To 



* Notes of M. de Bufljr. 



f The Verfailles elephant had fach a terror and aver/Ion 

 at fwine, that the cry of a yo'ing hog made him fly to a great 

 idiftaHce. This antipathj 



