164 IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



comparatively high degree of intelHgence, of which there 

 are many well-authenticated examples serving to confute 



■an 



The Elephant. Here the elephant is termed the mildest and most easily do- 

 mesticated of all animals. 



— ^From Johannis de Cuba " Ortus Sanitatis," Strassburg, 1483. Author's Library. 



the opinion expressed by some authorities that the elephant 

 has but little brain power. 



