ELEPHANTS 



years carried the children on her back about the Gardens 

 was, in the month of July 1855, terrified at a thunder- 

 storm. The fright brought on an attack of diarrhcea 

 which terminated her existence on July 17. The animal 

 was in good condition but without fat. 



Having removed the skin and the limbs from the body 

 I was enabled to ascertain the entire weight of the animal 

 as follows : — 



Ills. 



Skin 683 



Stomach and intestines 543 



Heart 25 



Kidneys 16 



Spleen . 9 



Lungs . 107 



Flesh and bones . 3642 



Blood and other fluids 200 



Tons cwts. qrs. lbs. 



5225 lbs., or 2 6 2 17 



FOOD, GROWTH, ETC., OF ELEPHANTS. 



My experience with regard to the growth of both the 

 African and the Indian elephant in captivity induces me 

 to believe that their fine condition and rapid growth in 

 captivity is accounted for by the favourable circumstances 

 under which they are constantly kept — well supplied with 

 the best of food, consisting of meadow hay, straw, boiled 

 rice, biscuits, mangel-wurzel, bread and green food, with 

 addition of the enormous quantity of buns, biscuits, etc., 

 given to them by the thousands of visitors, coupled with 

 the care bestowed upon them in being provided with a bath, 

 together with the constant scrubbing and cleaning of their 

 skins, besides being sheltered in warm houses. Surprise 

 has often been expressed by persons well acquainted with 



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