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Quadrupeds of Ceylon. 
auxiliiim ins f met u adferre videbantur ; peracto nempe coitu, prm~ 
grandem marts penem, liquore uterino conspurcatum, prohoscidi- 
bus suis abstergebant. Quamquam mas hicce elephans magnitii- 
drne baud mediocri erat, feemina tamen ejus pondus facile sus~ 
tinehat. 
Lieutenant Young, justly looking upon this discovery as of 
importance in the natural history of the elephant, went before 
the governor and a magistrate and made oath of the circum- 
stances I have related ; and the same was done by the black 
people who had been eye-witnesses along with him. Mr. 
Hawker, purser of the Victorious man of war, had the above 
detail from Lieutenant Young, who related it to him upon 
honour, and referred him to the declaration upon oath. Mr. 
Hawker, who communicated the account to me, gave me per- 
mission to make use of his name, and to publish it in the pre- 
sent edition of this work. 
Of the animals usually applied to domestic purposes Ceylon 
produces but few. I have already mentioned that the horse and 
sheep are not natives of this island, and scarcely can be made 
to thrive there when imported. The horses which are bred on 
the small islands beyond Jafnapatam, are a mixture of the 
Arab and the common horse of the Carnatic. They are 
mostly used for drawing gigs and other Jiglit pleasure vehicles. 
The Manilla, the Pegu, and the Atcheen horses, are much 
employed for these purposes, and, though small, are very much 
esteemed on account of their fast trotting, their strength, and 
their being capable of enduring a great deal of fatigue. The 
horses used by the civil and military officers are diiefly Arabs 
brought by the way of Bombay. 
As the expense of importation must be added to the price 
