Wild Beasts 



Charles John Andersson (" The Lion and the Elephant ") 

 infers from the ease with which this animal accommodates 

 itself to those requirements involved in domestication that 

 its "natural disposition is mild and gentle." G. P. Sander- 

 son (" Thirteen Years among the Wild Beasts of India ") 

 holds that "obedience, gentleness, and patience . . . 

 are the elephant's chief good qualities." 



Corse, speaking from his long experience in the elephant 

 stables at Teperah and other places, states that they con- 

 stantly exhibit a rooted animosity to other animals, and 

 towards the keepers and helpers attached to them ; while 

 Colonel Julius Barras says, "all the old tuskers I have 

 seen in captivity have killed one or two persons in the 

 course of their career." 



Passing from domesticated individuals to protected herds, 

 Dr. Holub ("Seven Years in South Africa") found that 

 on the Cape Town reservations they had " lost all fear of 

 man, and had become excessively dangerous." Elephants 

 in the government forests of Ceylon, where they are not 

 exposed to attack from sportsmen, are described by Colonel 

 James Campbell (" Excursions in Ceylon ") as vicious and 

 aggressive. On the other hand, neither Forsyth, Hornaday, 

 Dawson, nor any other writers wTio were acquainted with 

 the condition of animals similarly situated in India, have 

 noticed that a like change has taken place among 

 them. 



It has been mentioned already that the existence of 

 " rogue elephants " is denied ; but everything that has 

 ever been said about the race has likewise been denied. 

 Andersson remarks of the solitary elephant that "instances 



