CONTENTS. 



PART I. 



Pngo IX. Tkteoddctiojj: On the Natural Hidory of tlte Elephant.-- 

 His uses in present day, especially in the Army, although 

 he is getting a little "behind the times" in warfare — Trans- 

 port by rail — ^The opening of railway lines in a country 

 renders him less necessary — Sanderson's method — Regula- 

 tion instructions — AVood stacking in Burma — Grass stack- 

 ing — Shikar — Uses in Native States — ^Varieties: African, 

 Indian, Ceylonese, Shan, Burmese, Assamese. Zoological 

 classification — Sanderson on the Elephant requirements and 

 supplies of India — Nepaul and Malay Elephant — ^Tuskers— 

 Muknas — Guneshas — Wliite Elephants — Siamese views on 

 Elephant varieties — Steel's general review of the Zoological 

 Characters of the Elephant — Habits of Wild Elephants as 

 beariug on question of management during domestication- 

 Capture — Rogues — Size of herds and proportion of males to 

 females — Determination of sex by foot mark — Size — East 

 India Company's Standard — Nativemethodof measuring— 

 The Calf — Size at birth and growth with agd — Life in jun- 

 gle — Protection from sun — Pace and surefootedness — Habi- 

 tat — Sliort sleep — Natural losses from injuries in jungle- 

 Normal limit of life — What becomes of Elepliants which die 

 naturally — Influences at work tending to limit the number 

 of Elephants — ^Why Elephants are not bred in domestication 

 in India — They are in Siam and other places — March from 

 place of capture and shipment. , 

 Oil the Elephant as used in Modem Armies. — Supplies, past 

 and present — Government Elephant Establishment — Ex- 

 amination as to soundness and fitness for Service — ^Age- 

 Determination from size; state of teeth, tail, feet, trunk, Ac., 

 — Dentition in relation to age — Commissariat regulations 

 as to selection — Deceptions practised by dealers — Food— ; 

 Eatib— Oil, &c.— In cases of Musth— Scale of rations—" 

 Sanderson's suggestions as to reform — His arguments 

 against tlie Ratib— Tamarind— Mussals— Salt— Fodder 

 (Chcrrai)-Components-Johnstone's dietary-SIymm'a views 

 — Sanderson's — Tennent's — Fresh Gra,«se3 — Trees, ic, 

 —Precautions necessary in tuming Elephants out to graze 

 —Hobbling— Fodder collection-Routine management in the 



