128 MAMMALIA. (Cuar. II. 
Kameh, or elephant stables of the Emperor Akbar, in 
which he says, “an elephant frequently with his trunk 
takes water out of his stomach and sprinkles himself 
with it, and it is not in the least offensive.! Forsxs, in 
his Oriental Memoirs, quotes this passage of the Ayeen 
Akbery, but without a remark ; nor does any European 
writer with whose works I am acquainted appear to have 
been cognisant of the peculiarity in question. 
It is to be hoped that Professor OweEn’s dissection of 
WATER-CELLS IN THE STOMACH OF THE CAMEL, 
the young elephant, recently arrived, may serve to de- 
cide this highly interesting point.? Should scientific in- 
vestigation hereafter more clearly establish the fact that, 
in this particular, the structure of the elephant is as- 
similated to that of the llama and the camel, it will be 
' Ayeen Akbery, transl. byGuap- the peculiarity of the stomach for 
‘WIN, vol. i. pt. i. p. 147. retaining a supply of water? Or 
2 One of the Indian names for has it merely reference to the habit 
the elephant is duipa, which signi- of the animal to fill his trunk be- 
fies “to drink twice ” (AmANDI, p. fore transferring the water to his 
618). Can this have reference to mouth, 
