ELEPHANTS 



Cwts. qrs. lbs. 



Purcliased July 8, 1882 ; weight 7 4 



Heiglit, 4 ft. 



October 8, 1883, height 4 ft. 11 in.; weight ... 13 2 



Increase in weight 6 1 24 



May 5, 1879. 

 Tape measure once round the front foot over the toes : — 



Ft. ill. 



Jung Pacha 3 8 



SuffaCulli 3 8 



Rustum ... 2 11 



Omar 3 2 



Before " Jumbo " left the Gardens, on March 27, 1882, 

 his height was 11 ft. ; after he left, and on March 13, 

 1883, he had grown 7 in., and according to Mr. H. A. 

 Ward's statement on March 13, 1886, he was just 12 feet. 



TAMING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS. 



The African elephant differs, like many other African 

 mammals, from those of Asia. Take, for instance, the 

 different races of men in Africa as contrasted with the 

 races of Asiatics, and you will find few of the latter bear 

 comparison with your restless, wandering, determined 

 Arab race ; the active and determined chimpanzee of 

 Africa as compared with the mild and inoffensive ourang 

 of Asia. Nevertheless, upon more mature consideration, 

 I am inclined to believe that the African elephant, if 

 properly managed, would become quite as valuable and 

 useful as the Indian species. The great difficulty I see is 

 the want of appliances at starting. In the first place, the 

 African animal has far more courage, is much quicker in 

 its movements, and is more determined and obstinate 

 than its Asiatic relative. The two species appear to me 



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