292 MAMMALIA—ELEPHANT. 
The celebrated white elephant, which is the only one in the possessiun of 
the king of Ava, is of a cream color, and has no appearance of disease or 
debility. It was taken in 1806, when young, in the forests of Pegu, and 1s 
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about twenty-seven years old. Both the court and people consider it pecu- 
harly inauspicious to want a white elephant; hence the repute in whicn 
they are held, and the anxiety to obtain them. The capture of a white 
elephant is consequently highly rewarded. 
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