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TWO YEARS IN THE JUNGLE. 



self with more kingly dignity than he. Delhi saw a goodly sight, 

 the like of which will probably never occur again, when it beheld 

 during the Impeiial Assemblage of January 1, 1877, a procession of 

 elephants, the finest in all India, sjDlendidly caparisoned and sur- 

 mounted by magnificent howdahs, in which sat the swarthy princes 

 of a score of native states, bedecked with the most gorgeous colors 

 and glittering with jewels. On such occasions as this the elephant 

 is in his jjroper sphere. 



Aside from the purpose mentioned above, the trained elephant 

 is of great value both to the government and private individuals for 

 dragging timber in forests and pihng it at the depots, can-ying and 

 drawing pieces of artillery, and also can-ying stores on military 

 campaigns, particularly in mountainous regions. 



In 1870 the government of Ceylon imposed an export duty of 

 £20 per head on elephants, which has completely stopped the an- 

 nual supply of India from that source, and caused a great advance 

 in prices in the Madras and Bengal markets. Since the prices of 

 elephants of the same size and age depend upon their class, it is 

 impossible to state more than their relative values. In the follow- 

 ing table I have endeavored to give the ruling prices in India at 

 this date (1882) according to sex and size, indicating the range of 

 prices in each case. 



I need hardly say that in the United States, elephants do not 

 figure either in Lord Mayor's processions or timber forests, and are 

 of value to the showman only. 



Quality. 



Baby, during first j'ear 



Female, four years old 



Female, seven years old 



Female, eleven years old 



Female, eighteen years old 



Female, over twenty-five years old. 



Tuskei , four years old . . . 

 Tusker, seven years old . . 

 Tusker, eleven years old 

 Tusker, eighteen years old 

 Tusker, over twenty-five years old. 



Height at 

 shoulders. 



Feet. 



2ito 3 

 5 

 6 



Inches, 





 6 

 4 



6 10 



7 8 



8 3 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 



Tusker, highest class 9^ to 10 



6 

 4 

 

 6 

 4 

 



Value in 

 India. 



£30 to 

 25 to 

 50 to 



£40 

 35 

 75 



Value In 

 America.* 



$100,000 

 2,500 

 3,000 

 3,500 

 4,000 

 4,500 



3.000 

 3,500 

 4,000 

 5,000 

 7,000 

 15,000 



* Statement furnished by Mr. P. T. Barnum. 



