% 
^(1 if ; and their natural 
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life is about one hundred 
Their price increases with their merit 
a Course of education. Some, for their extraor- 
'Ituilities, become in a manner invaluable; when 
purchased, no compensation induces a wealthy 
« , 
1'r part with them. 
‘d' the elephant is generally a dark grey, some- 
^'uiost black; the face frequently painted with a 
r traL colours ; and the abundance and splendour of 
add much to his consequence. In India the 
allow five men and a boy to take care of 
wtiljj^l’h^nt ; the chief of them, called the mahawut, rides 
guide him ; another sits upon the rump, and 
Bp f ; the rest supply him with food and water 
V, g the nece.5sary services. Elephants bred to 
h disciplined, will stand firm against a volley 
k'® orf never give way unless severely wounded. 
. ^*’ese animals has been seen with upwards of thirty 
li’*^ fleshy parts of his body, perfectly recovered 
V ’^‘irat All are not equally docile, and when 
retreats from battle, nothing can 
*^tls 3 1"* ^‘^'ty ; the driver having no longer a command 
I'he g. ^ces are involved in undistinguished ruin. . 
Ik. %it ui the army of Antiochus were provoked 
?y ^I'cwing them the blood of grapes and niul- 
y't>eyp history of tlie Maccabees informs us, that 
Hi'!'' ®^spbant they appointed a thousand men, armed 
^ cf mail and five hundred horsemen of the best; 
ready at every occasion ; wherever the beast 
tvliiihersoever he went, they went also; and 
Hi Hie 7 "“riersoever ne went, mey went also; and 
J*arjjj ®'ephants were strong towers of wood, filled 
iiir men, besides the Indian that ruled them.” 
peace and war know their duty, and are 
r'tip, ■ • ■ - - - 
cut to the word of command than many rational 
*t lo .1 . , ' 
|s. 
v'li'ed said they can travel, on an emergency, twe 
V*h, ‘*es in forty-eight hours ; but will hold out for a 
' ^ffiil Hie 
ifiiPulng '“'1 rate of forty or fifty miles a day, with 
Vk* alacrity. “ I performed,” observes Forbes 
. 't • Memoirs, “ many long journeys upon an 
'‘V'''’U could exceed the sagacity, docility, and 
'iieg|.^ this noble quadruped. If I stopped to enjoy a 
® remained immoveable until my sketch was 
