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§ 202. Describe the African Elephant. 



§ 203. On what do they feed ? 



§ 204. What food is dailv given to an elephant in the Botanic Garden 

 at Paris ? 



§205. What idea had the ancients of the elephant? 



§ 200. What do the Hindoos think about him V 



§ 207. What is his disposition ? 



§208. How does the young elephant suck ? 



§209. Who was the first European to mount an elephant, and who 

 transported many of them to Europe ? 



§210. What disease is called Elephantiasis? 



§211. Describe the Asiatic Rhinoceros. 



§ 212. Describe the African Rhinoceros. 



§213. Of what use is his horn? 



§214. What disposition has he, and on what does he feed? 



§215. What use is made of him ? 



SECTION XL 



8th Order — Toothless Mammalia : (Edendata.) 



5 216. Toothless Mammalia are those which have no 

 front teeth, and many of them no teeth at all ; as the Sloth, 

 Ant-eater, Scaly Lizard, Armadillo, and Dock-bill. 



§ 217. The Three-toed Sloth (JBradypus tridactylus) is 

 of the size of a fox, with long and rough hair of a dirty 

 yellow color, has three long sharp claws on each foot, and 

 is without a tail. It is a native of South America, where 

 it dwells on trees and feeds on leaves. 



§ 218. Sloths cannot walk fast, for their thighs are 

 ill-jointed to the haunches, and their legs short and ill- 

 turned. 



^219. They are very stupid, and seem destitute of feel- 

 ing, for striking them makes no impression. Besides, 

 they are so tenacious of life, that they continue to live a 

 considerable time after the heart is separated from the 

 body. 



§ 220. Sloths, singular on account of the great number 

 of their ribs, are not less singular in regard to their stom- 

 achs, which, like those of the cloven-hoofed order, are 

 divided into four cells, for ruminating. 



