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THE ELEPHANT. 



1 unqueftionably perceived his terror, careffed 



* him with its trunk. 



* The elephant is fometimes feized with a 

 4 kind of madnefs, which deprives him of all 

 ' trattability, and renders him (o formidable, 

 1 that it is often necefiary to kill him. The 



* people try to bind him with large iron 

 1 chains, in the hope of reclaiming him. 

 c But, when in his ordinary ftate, the moft a- 



* cute pains will not provoke him to hurt thofe 

 ' who have never injured him. An elephant, 



* rendered furious by the wounds it had recei- 



* ved at the battle of Hambour, ran about the 

 6 field making the moft hideous cries. A foldier, 



* notwithstanding the alarms of his comrades, 

 ' was unable, perhaps on account of his wounds, 



* to fly. The elephant approached, feemed a- 



* fraid of trampling him under his feet, took him 



* up with its trunk, placed him gently on his 

 4 fide, and continued its route/ 



Thefe notes I have tranferibed verbatim. 

 They were communicated to th.- Marquis de 

 Montmirail by M. de BuiTy, who reiided ten 

 years in India, and performed many important 

 iervices to the ftate. He had feveral elephants 

 under his own charge, often rode upon them, 

 and had daily opportunities of obferving many 

 others, which belonged to his neighbours. Hence 

 thefe notes, as well as all the others quoted un- 

 der the name of M. de Bully, merit every de- 

 gree of credit. The members of the Royal 



Academy 



