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THE ASIATIC ELEPHANT. 
Exepa#as Inpicus. Cov. 
THE opportune arrival of a beautiful little Elephant, an 
animal which has for some time been a desideratum to 
the Menagerie, fortunately enables us to add to our list 
of subjects that which in all probability presents the 
most generally attractive spectacle among the whole 
class of Mammiferous Quadrupeds. ‘The strong and 
peculiar interest which the Elephant possesses above all 
other beasts arises in fact not so much from his gigantic 
bulk and immense muscular power, as from the high 
opinion usually entertained of those intellectual quali- 
ties with which he has long been supposed to be pre- 
eminently endowed, and which have rendered him a 
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