4Q0 ATTE\i)lXi 



THE ELEPHANT ^. 



After the full account that I have ah'eady given 

 of the manners of the Elephant in a state of domes- 

 tication, it will be needless to add much in this place 

 respecting- any of these animals that have been 

 brought into England. Confined to the very small 

 apartment at Exeter 'Change, or within the narrow 

 limits of a caravan, much new information cannot 

 be expected, nor indeed has much been obtained. 



The Elephant that died last year, at Exeter 

 'Change, was brought over in the Rose East India- 

 man, and purchased by Mr. Pidcock for lOOOl. — 

 He w^as usually fed with hay and straw, but he always'? 

 preferred the latter. The quantity that he ate 

 could not exactly be ascertained, since he scattered 

 about a great portion of what was given him for food, 

 and also ate a considerable quantity of the straw with 

 which he was littered. He would eat with great 

 avidity, bread, carrots, cabbages, and boiled pota- 

 toes. The quantity of water allowed him was about 

 nine pails a day, given at three different times. He 

 xvas excessively fond of beer, and all kinds of spiritu- 

 ous liquors. He has been known to drink upwards 

 of fifty quarts of beer in a day, given by the differ- 

 ent persons who came to visit him, and were desir- 

 ous of observins: the mode in which he conveyed 

 lluids to his mouth. 



* See vol. i. p. 1-2-2. 



