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thej^ are much less wise and sagacious than they have been painted. 

 Undoubtedly they have a good brain, but their capacity to reason is 



Fig. 202.— African Elephant, Ehphans africnnns. (Redrawn after Beddard.) 

 quite rudimentary. The tenacity of their memory is well authenti- 

 cated, for they have been known to cherish an injury for years. In 



