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CONTENTS. 
Page 
Water withdrawn from the sto- 
mach 191 
Instinct of the decoys . . ib. 
Conduct of the noosers . 194 
The young ones and their actions ib. 
Noosing a " rogue," and his death 196 
Instinct of flies in search of car- 
rion . . . (note) ib. 
Strange scene , . . .197 
A second herd captured . .199 
Their treatment of a solitary ele- 
phant 200 
A magnificent female elephant . 201 
Her extraordinary attitudes . ib. 
Wonderful contortions . . 203 
Taking the captives out of the 
corral . . . . .204 
Their subsequent treatment and 
training .... 205 
Grandeur of the scene . . ib. 
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 . . . ib. 
Dragging timber . . .218 
Sagacity in labour . . . ib. 
Mode of raising stones . . ib. 
Strength in throwing down trees 
exaggerated . . . .219 
Piling timber .... ib. 
Not uniform in habits of work . 220 
Lazy if not watched . . . ib. 
Obedience to keeper from affection, 
not fear .... 221 
Change of keeper — • story of child 222 
Ear for sounds and music . . 223 
Burr a! . . . (note) ib. 
Endurance of pain . . . 224 
Docility 225 
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Working elephants, delicate . 225 
Deaths in government stud . 226 
Diseases . . . . .227 
Subject to tooth-ache . . ib. 
Question of the value of labour of 
an elephant . . . .229 
Food in captivity, and cost . . 230 
Breed in captivity . . .231 
Age 232 
Theory of M. Fleurens . . ib. 
No dead elephants found . . 234 
Sindbad's story .... 236 
Passage from iElian . . . 237 
CHAP. VIII. 
BIRDS. 
Their numbers . . . 241 
Songsters .... ib. 
Hornbills, the " bird with two 
heads" .... 242 
Pea fowl 244 
Sea birds, their number . . 245 
I. Accipitres. — Eagles . . ib. 
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 . . ib. 
III. Scansores. — Parroquets . 256 
IV. Columbidce. — Pigeons . 257 
V. Gallince. — Jungle- fowl . 259 
VI. Gralloe. — Ibis, stork, &c. . 260 
VII. Anseres. — Flamingoes .261 
Pelicans . . . .262 
Strange scene . . 262, 263 
Game — Partridges, &c. . 265 
List of Ceylon birds . . . ib. 
List of birds peculiar to Ceylon . 269 
CHAP. IX. 
REPTILES. 
Lizards. — Iguana . . .271 
Kabara-goya,barbarous custom 
in preparing the kabara-tel 
poison . . . 272—274 
Blood-suckers . . .275 
