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became accustomed to this sensation also. By exhorting, 
caressing and constantly feeding them with dainties | 
achieved my object by midday. The African elephants 
would carry loads, and would allow themselves to be ridden. 
Professor Virchow arrived at five o'clock with some friends 
from the Geographical Society and was not a little astonished 
to see the wild elephants changed into domestic animals after 
a few hours’ schooling. 
In 1868 some of my elephants were overtaken by a sad 
African elephants. 
fate. I had just arrived home from Trieste with a very large 
collection of animals hailing from Africa. The journey, in- 
cluding a two days’ halt in Vienna, had lasted nine days, and 
both men and beasts were thoroughly exhausted. By the time 
I had seen all my creatures safely lodged in their respective 
abodes it was already late in the evening, and I was glad to 
be able to take myself off to bed without further delay. 
Among the other animals there were several young elephants, 
and although these, like all the rest, were very fatigued, they 
seemed to be quite well, and after taking their food they im- 
mediately lay down to sleep. The poor brutes had stood in 
