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the murrain among cattle is of frequent occurrence, and 
carries off great numbers of animals, wild as well as 
tame. In such visitations the elephants suffer severely, 
not only those at liberty in the forest, but those care- 
fully tended in the government stables. Out of a stud 
of about 40 attached to the department of the Com- 
mission of Eoads, the deaths between 1841 and 1849 
were on an average four in each year, and this was 
nearly doubled in those years when murrain prevailed. 
Of 240 elephants, employed in the public departments 
of the Ceylon Government, which died in twenty-five 
years, from 1831 to 1856, the length of time that each 
lived in captivity has only been recorded in the instances 
of 138. Of these there died : — 
Duration of Captivity. 
No. 
Male. 
Female. 
Under 1 
year 
72 
29 
43 
From 1 
to 
2 years 
14 
5 
9 
„ 2 
3 „ ... 
8 
t W ' 
3 
3 
4 „ ... 
8 
3 
5 
„ 4 
5 „ ... 
3 
2 
1 
„ 5 
6 „ ... 
2 
2 
» 6 
7 „ ... 
3 
1 
2 
» 7 
8 „ ... 
5 
2 
3 
„ 8 
9 „ ... 
5 
5 
„ 9 
10 „ ... 
2 
2 
„ 10 
11 „ ... 
2 
2 
., 11 
12 „ ... 
3 
2 
„ 12 
13 „ ... 
3 
3 
„ 13 
14 „ ... 
» 14 
15 „ ... 
3 
» 15 
16 „ ... 
1 
„ 16 
17 „ . 
1 
'it 
„ 17 
18 „ ... 
„ 18 
19 „ ... 
2 
i 
„ 19 
20 „ ... 
1 
i 
Total . 
138 
62 
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