THE ELEPHANT. 



wearied of purfuing him, as the lportfman had an opportunity of riding awaj 

 from him up a hill which was ftill Heeper. The two hunters afterwards 

 found it would anfwer much better to hold each other's Horfes, while they 

 fired their pieces by turns. The Elephant, even after the third ball, ftill 

 threatened vengeance ; but the fourth entirely cooled his courage; he did not 

 however, abfolutely drop till he had received the eighth." 



The Elephant inhabits India, and fome of its greater hlands, Cochin-China, 

 and fome parts of China, and is found in great plenty in the fouthern parts 

 of Africa. Thofe found in Africa have not yet been domellicated. They 

 are only hunted for the fake of their teeth, and fleih, which is eaten by the 

 natives ; the trunk is efteemed a great delicacy. The teeth, which come to 

 Europe, are all brought from Africa, thofe produced in India being not more 

 than three or four feet long. 



