172 WILD NEIGHBORS CHAP. 
great weight. To quote a concise and authentic 
account: 
“A cylindrical barrel being placed on its side on 
the stage, one of the elephants mounted on to it, 
its four feet being close together, and then, pre- 
serving its equilibrium, it moved the feet so as to 
cause the barrel to roll with it to the opposite side 
of the stage. This was done without any hesita- 
tion on the part of the animal, or enforcement on 
that of the manager. But the most astounding 
performance was a game at seesaw, played by the 
two animals. A strong trestle was placed in the 
centre of the stage; across this was laid a stout 
beam, oscillating freely up and down, its centre 
resting on the trestle. Going to that end of the 
beam that was resting on the ground, one of the 
animals walked up it to the centre, and then, pre- 
serving its equilibrium, it rocked the beam up and 
down. ... Still more remarkable was the seesaw- 
ing of the two animals at the same time ; sometimes 
they were on the narrow beam with their heads in 
the same direction; then placing themselves fac- 
ing one another at the opposite ends, they swayed 
their big bodies to and fro with such regularity of 
rhythm that the seesawing took place with con- 
siderable rapidity. It was most singular to see 
these two enormous animals swinging with as much 
freedom and ease as two children on a plank across 
a prostrate tree.” 
Mr. Adam Forepaugh, Jr., explained some time 
