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[Chap. VII. 



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 Koads, 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 





ears 



14 



5 



9 



„ 2 



?» 



3 



a ... 



8 



5 



3 



„ 3 



11 



4 



ii ... 



8 



3 



5 



„ 4 



11 



5 



a ... 



3 



2 



1 



„ 5 



11 



6 



» ... 



2 



2 





» 6 



11 



7 



ii ... 



3 



1 



2 



v 7 



11 



8 



ii ... 



5 



2 



3 



i „ 8 



11 



9 



ii ... 



5 



5 





„ 9 





10 



ii • • 



2 



2 





>, 10 



11 



11 



ii ... 



2 



2 





» 11 



J> 



12 



ii • • • 



3 



1 



2 



„ 12 



»» 



13 



ii ... 



3 





3 



„ 13 



11 



14 



ii ... 









„ 14 



11 



15 



a ... 



3 



1 



2 



„ 15 



11 



16 



ii • • 



1 



1 





„ 16 



11 



17 



ii ... 



1 





1 



„ 17 



11 



18 



ii ... 









„ 18 



11 



19 



ii . 



2 



1 



1 



„ 19 



11 



20 



}> ... 



1 





1 







Total 





138 



62 



76 



