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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
(6) Commissariat Transport Officers are authorized to refuse to 
draw the allowance of four annas per diem for attendants if their 
elephants are not kept in good condition. 
(7) When the cost of the fodder ration for elephants in Canton- 
ments exceeds that of the command scale of rations, elephants in 
Cantonments should be fed on the latter scale. 
(8) The rules in the preceding paragraph do not apply to 
elephants with heavy batteries, which are allowed rations on the 
scale (Appendix 38, paragraph 1917). 
Appendix 38, paragraph 191 7, gives the scale of rations as 
follows : — 
In Cantonment. 
On Command. 
At Graze. 
Cattle. 
Fodder. 
■ Fodder, 
Oil 
Grain. 
Bhusa. 
Salt. 
Oil. 
Grain. Oil and 
Grain. 
and 
Dry. 
Green. 
Salt. 
Salt. 
■ 
Elephants — 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
oz. 
OZ. 
lbs. lbs. 
lbs. 
First class ... 
200 
480' ... 
2 
I 
15 ... 
15 
Second class ... 
*i5 
320 1 ... 
2 
■ 
15 
15 
* Atta or Rice. 
When dhan or paddy is given to elephants in lieu of rice or 
flour, the allowance is to be doubled. When paddy or rice is issued, 
10 lbs. of grass is allowed per elephant per diem for tying up the 
grain in small bundles to prevent waste. 
As already pointed out, this system of regulating an elephant's 
food requirements, at least to the elephant as shown in the 
above tables, cannot be satisfactory, as small thick-set animals 
often require as much food, if not more, than those of greater 
stature. 
' Watering. 
If an elephant be bathed morning and evening, and the water 
be good, he will generally drink the chief portion he requires on 
those occasions, which amounts to from thirteen to eighteen gallons 
at a time. If the water available at the bathing place be stagnant, 
he should be given drinking water from a better source beforehand, 
or be washed outside. Spring or well water is the best. Many 
