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MAMMALIA. 



[Chap. III. 



Kartell, 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 Forbes, in 

 his Oriental Memoirs, quotes this passage of the Ayeen 

 Akbery, 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 



WATER-CELLS IN THE STOMACH OP THE CAMEL. 



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 Akbery, transl. by Glad- the peculiarity of the stomach for 

 "win, vol. i. pt. i. p. 147. retaining a supply of water ? Or 



2 One of the Indian names for has it merely reference to the habit 

 the elephant is duipa, which signi- of the animal to fill his trunk be- 

 fies '* to drink twice " (Amandi, p. fore transferring the water to his 

 513). Can this have reference to mouth. 



