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BACKBONED ANIMALS. 



han of the Bible, and, as Solomon has said, they are " feeble 

 folk," although they have " their dwelling in the rock." 



VALUE. The Hyraceum in the manufacture of perfumery. 



FlG. 351. Hyrax Capensis. 



Elephants (Probosctded). The elephants are distin- 

 guished by their large size, often weighing three tons, and 

 the presence of a trunk or proboscis (Fig. 352), that is 



a prolongation of 

 the nose and up- 

 per lip six or 

 eight feet in 

 / length, made up 

 of forty thousand 

 or more muscles, 

 so arranged as to 

 give the greatest 

 diversity of mo- 

 tion. The ex- 

 tremity bears the 

 two openings of 

 the nostrils, and 

 is produced on 

 its upper surfaces 

 into a finger-like 



process endowed with an exquisite sense of touch. The 

 upper incisor teeth are greatly developed into tusks, that 



FIG. 352. Various uses of the trunk of the ele- 

 phant : i, drinking ; 2, pulling grass ; 3, wash- 

 ing. 



