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Water withdrawn from the sto- 
mach . : 
Instinct of the decoys ‘ . od. 
Conduct of the noosers 
The young ones and their actions ib. 
Noosing a “ rogue,” and his death 
Instinct of flies in search of car- 
rion (note) 7b. 
Strange scene . - , 
A second herd captured i 
Their treatment of a solitary ele- 
phant . - 200 
A magnificent female elephant . 201 
Her extraordinary attitudes . od. 
Wonderful contortions - 203 
Taking the captives out of the 
corral . . 204 
Their subsequent treatment and 
training . 205 
Grandeur of the scene 4 . ob 
Story of young pet elephant 206 
CHAP. VII. 
THE ELEPHANT. 
Conduct in Captivity. 
Alleged superiority of the Indian 
to the African elephant — not 
true. . 207 
Ditto of Ceylon elephant to Indian 209 
Process of training in Ceylon 211 
Allowed to bathe . 213 
Difference of disposition . 214 
Sudden death of “ broken heart » 216 
First employment treading clay . 217 
Drawing a waggon . ‘ . tb. 
Dragging timber 3 218 
Sagacity in labour . ‘ . 
Mode of raising stones . » 
Strength in throwing down trees 
exaggerated . A . 219 
Piling timber . 5 . td. 
Not uniform in habits of work . 220 
Lazy if not watched . - 1b. 
Obedience to keeper from affection, 
not fear 3 ¢ - 221 
Change of keeper — story of child 222 
Ear for sounds and music . - 223 
Hurra! . (note) ab. 
Endurance of pain . . - 224 
Docility . A ; . + 225 
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Working elephants, delicate « 225 
Deaths in ne stud + 226 
Diseases . . . 227 
Subject to tooth- webs. a = 80, 
Question of the value of labour of 
an elephant . - 229 
Food in captivity, and cost . - 230 
Breed in captivity - 231 
Age 5 ws ss BBB 
Theory of M. Fleurens . tb. 
No dead elephants found . 234 
Sindbad’s story . 7 - 236 
Passage from Alian . . 237 
CHAP. VIII. 
BIRDS. 
Their numbers . 241 
Songsters ab. 
Hornbills, the ‘a bird with two 
heads” 242 
Pea fowl . 244 
Sea birds, their number 245 
I. Accipitres.— Eagles . - ab. 
Falcons and hawks . . 246 
Owls — the devil bird 247 
II. Passeres. — Swallows . . 248 
Kingfishers — sunbirds 249 
The cotton-thief » 250 
Bul-bul — tailor bird — and 
weaver . . 251 
The mountain jay 253 
Crows, anecdotes of . . od. 
III. Scansores. — Parroquets . 256 
IV. Columbide. — Pigeons 257 
V. Galline. — Jungle-fowl 259 
VI. Gralle. — Ibis, stork, &c. . 
VIL. Anseres. — Flamingoes 261 
Pelicans . . . 262 
Strange scene - 262, 263 
Game — Partridges, &e, 265 
List of Ceylon birds . ‘ . ob 
List of birds peculiar to Ceylon . 
CHAP. IX. 
REPTILES. 
Lizards. —Iguana . A - 271 
Kabara-goya, barbarous custom 
in preparing the kabara-tel 
Poison. 3 + 272—274 
Blood-suckers . + 275 
