VI.— NOTES ON ELEPHANTS. 
1. Elephants seen in India and Burma. 
2. Height of Elephants. 
3. Size of Elephants’ Tusks. 
4. Age of Elephants. 
5. Elephants’ Face-glands. 
6. Colour of Elephants’ Eyes. 
1 .—Elephants seen in India and Burma. 
India. 
At Alwar I saw twenty-three elephants ; two were big 
males (see PL I) and the rest females. The mahouts and 
coolies in the elephant lines are all Mohammedans. 
At Trivandrum I saAV fourteen elephants, eleven fine tuskers 
and three females ; each elephant has from one to three 
mahouts, according to its temper, and of course coolies as 
well. The mahouts are all Hindoos, Nayers of Travancore. 
I am told that many are of good family and landowners ; 
all are hereditary mahouts. 
At Mysore and at Jaipur I was also fortunate enough to 
see some elephants; at both these places the mahouts- were 
Mohammedans. 
I am indebted to Mr. C. Y. Subramania Kaj Urs, Super- 
intendent of the Palace Elephants, Mysore, to Mr. C. B. 
Parameswaren Pillay, Superintendent of the Royal Stables, 
Trivandrum, and to Mr. Fatai FTaseeb Khan, Superintendent 
of the Fyl-Khana, Alwar, for their kindness in showing me 
the elephants in their respective charges, and in giving me 
very much interesting and useful information about Indian 
elephants and their management. 
Burma. 
At Rangoon on May 7, 1913, Mr. S. A. Christopher and 
I visited all the timber yards, from Monkey Point to 
