ELEPHANTS 
years carried the children on her back about the Gardens 
was, in the month of July 1855, terrified at a thunder- 
storm. The fright brought on an attack of diarrhoea 
which terminated her existence on July 17. The animal 
was in good condition but without fat. 
Having removed the skin and the limbs from the body 
I was enabled to ascertain the entire weight of the animal 
as follows : — 
Skin 
lbs. 
683 
Stomach and intestines . 
543 
Heart .... 
25 
Kidneys .... 
16 
Spleen .... 
9 
Lungs .... 
107 
Flesh and bones 
3642 
Blood and other fluids . 
200 
5225 lbs., or 
FOOD, GROWTH, ETC., OF ELEPHANTS. 
My experience with regard to the growth of both the 
African and the Indian elephant in captivity induces me 
to believe that their fine condition and rapid growth in 
captivity is accounted for by the favourable circumstances 
under which they are constantly kept — well supplied with 
the best of food, consisting of meadow hay, straw, boiled 
rice, biscuits, mangel-wurzel, bread and green food, with 
addition of the enormous quantity of buns, biscuits, etc., 
given to them by the thousands of visitors, coupled with 
the care bestowed upon them in being provided with a bath, 
together with the constant scrubbing and cleaning of their 
skins, besides being sheltered in warm houses. Surprise 
has often been expressed by persons well acquainted with 
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