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WONDERFUL EXAMPLES OF ENGINEERINn. 
The elephant in his wild state is quite a different animal 
to the elephant in captivity ; when roaming about the hills 
they are cunning and cautious to a degree, and the bulls as a 
rule, but not always, take the precaution to send their wives 
and children in advance. The old tuskers always come last 
in the single file in which they move when on the foray. 
Their olfactory organs are extremely sensitive and when 
THE KNOWING OLD ENGINEER, 
Stalking them the direction of the wind must be most care- 
fully considered. You may come up to within a few yards 
of them if care is taken in this respect. The pace they go 
when disturbed is marvellous, particularly when one sees the 
shuffling sort of movement they have. The paths they make 
over the ranges of hills they frequent are quite wonderful 
examples of engineering, and one cannot help being struck 
with the skill with svliich they are traced ; the gradients are 
truly wonderful, avoiding every steep and difficult ascent by 
regular zigzags, and I could not help thinking what a know- 
