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African being rounded and convex in all its parts. The 

 ears of the Asiatic elephant descend no lower than its 

 neck, while the African is furnished with ears which de- 

 scend to its legs. The Asiatic has four distinct toes on 

 its hind feet, while the African has but three. As regards 

 size, it is generally believed that the difference is in favor 

 of the Asiatic animal. Our prize was a full-grown bull 

 of the kind called by the Parsees gaja sallungal, which 

 differ from other elephants by wandering singly, or in 

 herds of two or three. The tusks were about three feet 

 in length, and Mr. Barrill said they would bring a good 

 price at the next town. These were secured, and leaving 

 the carcass of the elephant to the hyenas, of whose proxi- 

 mity we did not doubt, we resumed our route. 



The day was sultry, but as we travelled almost entirely 

 beneath the luxuriant foliage of the forest, which here ex- 

 celled even the groves of Africa in freshness and delicious 

 variety, we did not suffer much from the heat. The same 

 night we reached the town of Domus, on the shores of the 

 bay, into which enters the Taptee river, and there we 

 concluded to give our wearied animals the rest of a day, 

 although we knew that the city of Surat, was within about 

 twenty miles. 



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