1846.] the Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 261 



Elephants are very numerous on the Malayan Peninsula. They may 

 be procured at the following" rates : — 



"For an elephant 4 feet 6 inches high, .. 120 Dollars. 

 Ditto, 5 „ 3 „ .. 200 „ 



Ditto, 6 „ „ .. 220 



Ditto, 6 „ 9 „ .. 400 



Ditto, 7 „ 6 „ .. 420 „ 



Those exceeding this height are paid for at an advance on the last 

 mentioned rate of 20 dollars for one foot six inches. If above eight 

 feet and three inches, then an addition of 40 dollars for each one foot six 

 inches is charged. Elephants ten feet six inches in height are taken by 

 the Siamese to the Capital, and it is not permitted to sell them. The 

 Keddah chiefs used formerly to breed elephants, a speculation rarely, 

 if ever, attempted elsewhere. Coromandel Native Traders were, until late 

 years, constantly in the habit of loading vessels with elephants for that 

 Coast." (Extract from Lieut. Colonel James Low's " Dissertation' fyc.) 



Ordinaria. 

 Gen. — Sus, Linne*. 

 Sus indicus, Schinz. 

 Syn. — Sus Scrofa, Linne, apud Elliot. 



Sus indicus, } » d T • I ' t 



Sus Scropha, Hodgson, S 



Sus vittatus, Schlegel. 



Sus cristatus, Wagner, apud Schinz. 



" Babi titan" of the Malays of the Peninsula. 

 Hab. — Malayan Peninsula, Pinang, Singapore, Lancavy Islands. 



Bengal, Nipal, Southern Mahratta Country. 

 The difference between the Indian and the German wild hog (Sus 

 Scrofa ferns, Lin.) have been pointed out by W. Elliot, Esq. (Madras 

 Journal, Vol. X. 1839, p. 219.) The colour of the adult is brown- 

 ish-black, scantily covered with black hairs, of which few retain 

 the infantile yellowish sub-terminal band. Besides the black recum- 

 bent mane of the occiput and back, the whiskers and bristles above 

 and below the eye, there is a bundle of long black bristles on the 

 throat. The hairs of the throat and chest are reversed. The tail is 

 scantily covered with short hairs, the apex compressed, with long 



