differen t Species of Asiatic Elephants. 2 25 
elephant, has but little analogy with those of any other qua- 
druped ; nature having, by a peculiar and wonderful contriv- 
ance, and in the most convenient manner, supplied this animal 
with a regular succession of teeth, until he attains a very ad- 
vanced period of life. An advantage which, as far as we know, 
no other quadruped possesses. 
The mode in which the elephant’s grinders are originally 
formed, my short stay at Tiperah did not allow me sufficient 
opportunities to investigate ; but, since my return to England, 
I have had frequent conversations with my friend Mr. Home 
upon that subject, who, from an examination of the teeth brought 
home by me, and some preparations in the late Mr. Hunter’s 
collection, has been able to prosecute the subject with consider- 
able success. His observations will be laid before the Royal 
Society, immediately after the present Paper, as a continuation 
of the same subject, 
