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[Chap. III. 
Kaneh, 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. 1 Fokbes, in 
his Oriental Memoirs, quotes this passage of the Ayeen 
Ahbery, 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 Owen's dissection of 
the young elephant, recently arrived, may serve to de- 
cide this highly interesting point. 2 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 
1 Ayeen AJcbery, transl. by Glad- 
win, vol. i. pt. i. p. 147. 
2 One of the Indian names for 
the elephant is duipa, which signi- 
fies u to drink twice " (Amandi, p. 
513). Can this have reference to 
the peculiarity of the stomach for 
retaining a supply of water ? Or 
has it merely reference to the habit 
of the animal to fill his trunk be- 
fore transferring the water to his 
mouth. 
