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upon the back of the animal, and in this were five 
or six men, who threw arrows and darts at the en- 
emy. One man sat upon his neck, and with an iron 
rod directed his course among the thickest ranks of 
the enemy. The Elephant with his enormous weight 
would trample many under his feet. 
91. One mode of taking these animals, in the 
East Indies, is by digging pits, and slightly covering 
them with grass or straw, on passing which, the 
bulky animal is sure to fall in. “ An Elephant, who 
was thus taken, being discovered by some other Ele- 
phants, their sagacity immediately set them to work 
in collecting stones and branches of trees, and cast- 
ing them into the pit, by which means the pit was 
nearly filled up, and the captured Elephant, being 
thus raised, was enabled to make his escape.” 
92. “ In the Philosophical Transactions, a story 
is related of an Elephant having formed such an at- 
tachment for a young child that he was never happy 
but when it was near him. The nurse frequently 
took the child in its cradle, and placed it between 
his feet. 
93. “ This he at length became so accustomed to, 
that he would never eat his food, except the child 
was present. Wlfen the child slept, he would drive 
off the flies with hi^trunk ; and, when it cried, would 
move the cradle backward and forward, and thus 
rock it to sleep.” 
Describe their manner of making war with Elephants. 
What is one mode of taking this animal in India ? 
What instance of their sagacity was displayed upon one of these 
occasions ? 
What story is related of the Elephant in the Philosophical Trans- 
actions ? 
