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ELEPHANT. 
Generic Character. 
Denies Priniores nulli utrln- 
que. 
Laniarii superiores elongati; 
inferiores nulli. 
Proboscis longissima prehen- 
silis. 
Corpus nudiusculum. 
Cutting-teeth none in either 
jaw. 
Tush in the upper jaw. 
Proboscis very long, prehen- 
sile. 
Body nearly naked. 
GREAT ELEPHANT. 
Elephas Maximus. Lin. Sysf. Nat. p. 48. 
Great Elephant. Pennant ^adr. l,p. 165. 
Elephantus. Gesn. ^adr. 337. Aldr. ^adr. soliped. L i.p. 418. 
Johnst. ^adr. pi. 7, 8, 9. Buff. II. //. I. and suppL 3. //. 59. 
and 6. pi. 2. ' 
£divards, pi. 221. . 
The stupendous size, strength, and sagacity of 
the Elephant, have, in all ages, rendered it the 
admiration of mankind. Though possessed of 
power superior to every other quadruped, it is 
guiltless of ^ unprovoked violence, and wanders 
