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CONTENTS. 



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Water withdrawn from the sto- 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 

 Hurra! . . . (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 uElian . . .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. Passer es. — 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. Columbidm. — Pigeons . 257 



V. Gallium. — Jungle-fowl . 259 



VI. Grallce. — 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 



