VI CONTENTS. 



Lines — Grooming — Feeding — Sleep — Selection of Camping 

 ground — Elopliaiit slicda, construction of, — Chains — 

 Watoi-ing — PrccautionR on the lino of march — To overcome 

 obstructions — To free from quicksands, &c. — Effects of expo- 

 sure to the sun — Elephant attendants — Mahouts, their viceB 

 — Exercise — Working hours — Equipjnent — Uses in Artil- 

 lery AVoi'k — Ilarnoss for Timber work — Regulation weights 

 for Carriage — Effects of excessive load — Distance which 

 the Elepliaut can travel — Pace — Effects on feet — Necessity 

 of dressing sore feet (Chobing) — Prescriptions — Peculiar 

 accident described by Slymm — Crossing rj%'ers, &c. — Space 

 occupied on lino of march — Although best on the flat 

 Elephants have worked excellently in hill Countries — ^Per- 

 sistence in the standiiig position by the Elephant — Time of 

 day for marching — Serious effects of cold — Gear and Ap- 

 pointments — State and Shikar equipment — Commissariat 

 regulation scale of Elephant gear — Sanderson's improved 

 equipment — Gilchrist's suggestions — Loading — Causes of 

 Injury — Description of Heavy Field Battery Harness — ^The 

 Kookee — ^Tho Art of Elephant Driving — Methods of break- 

 ing in to work — Elephants' vices. 

 On tlie Elephant as an Animal of Transport. — Load — Attend- 

 ants — MobiUty — Procurability — Cost and facility of food 

 supply, especial difficulties at Front on Active Service — Are 

 economical in convoy as to guards and space — The Elephant 

 can work in many ways, but is being superseded for Tran- 

 sport in the present day — Amount of care of animal requir- 

 ed — P.V.S. Oliphant's views — The Elephant's temper and 

 habits adapt him for transport work — Summary.^ 



PART IL i 



i 

 Page 1. Chapter Ii On tue Diseases of tiie Elephant. — General 

 considerations — Genei-al signs of an Elephant being ill — 

 Causes — ^Therapeutics — Gilchrist's good work. \ 



„ 5. Cluipler II: On the general diseases of tlie Elephant. — Non- 



specific disorders of the blood — Asthenia, Z^rbad, Simple 

 Fever, Rheumatism — Specific disorders of the blood — 

 Pleuro-pneumonia Zymotica, Anthrax, Rabies, Foot and 

 mouth disease — ^Variola Elephantl — Statistics of Elephant 

 mortality — Elephant poisoning. 



„ 21. Chapter III: On the Circulatory System. — ^Anatomy — Pulse 



— Phlebotomy — Wounds of Vessels. 



„ 23, Chapter IV: On (lie Alimentary System. — Lips — Teeth- 



Tusks — Cutting them — Fracture — Bullet lodged in Tusk- 

 Parasitic deposits On them — ^Tcnncnt's Statements — Molars 



