1 68 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



very fmall ; but they are lively, brilliant, and capable of 

 great expreflion. He turns them flowly, and with gen- 

 tlenefs, towards his mailer. When he fpeaks, the ani- 

 mal regards him with an eye of mildnefs and attention. 

 — His ears are very large, and much longer, in propor- 

 tion to his body, than thofe of the Afs : They lie flat on 

 the head, and are commonly pendulous ; but he can raife 

 and move them with great facility, and frequently ufes 

 them as a fan to cool himfelf, or defend his eyes from 

 dull and infects. — His hearing is likewife remarkably 

 fine ; for he delights in the found of mufical inftruments, 

 and moves in cadence to the trumpet and tabor. — There 

 are four grinders in each jaw, clofely united together; 

 forming, with the jaw-bone, one hard and compact body. 

 One of thefe grinders fometimes meafures nine inches 

 broad, and weighs four pounds and a half. — The texture 

 of the Ikin is uneven, wrinkled, and knotty; full of deep 

 fiflures, nearly refembling the bark of an old oak tree, 

 which run in all directions over its furface. It is of a 

 tawny colour, inclining to citron. In the fiflures there 

 are fome briftly hairs, which are alfo thinly fcattered 

 over the body. — The legs refemble mafly columns, of 

 fifteen or eighteen inches diameter, and from five to fix 

 feet high. — The foot is fhort, and divided into five toes, 

 covered with the fkin, fo as not to be vifible. To each 

 toe there is affixed a nail or hoof, of a horny fubftance. 



The moft remarkable feature of the Elephant is his 

 trunk or probofcis, which is compofed of membranes, 

 nerves and mufcles. It is both an organ of feeling and 

 of motion. The animal cannot only move and bend it, 

 but can contract, lengthen, and turn it in every direction. 

 The extremity of the trunk terminates in a protuberance, 

 which ftretches out on the upper fide in the form of a 



