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Iiad now to follow. He had watched the ascent of the other 
with the utmost interest, making motions all the while as 
though he was assisting him by shouldering him up the acclivity, 
in such gestures as I have seen some men make when spectators of 
gymnastic exercises. When he saw his comrade up, he evinced 
his pleasure by giving a salute something like the sound of a 
trumpet. When called upon to take his turn, however, he 
seemed much alarmed, and would not act at all without force*. 
After a performance similar to that of the previous 
elephant, however, he too neared the top, when 6 the 
otdier, who had already performed' his task, extended his 
trunk to the assistance of his brother in distress, round 
which the younger animal entwined his, and thus reached 
the summit . 5 There was then a cordial greeting between 
the two animals, 6 as if they had been long separated 
from each other, and had just escaped from some perilous 
achievement. They mutually embraced each other, and 
stood face to face for a considerable time, as if whispering 
congratulations . 5 1 
Mr. Jesse says: € I was one day feeding the poor 
elephant (who was so barbarously put to death at Exeter 
Change) with potatoes, which he took out of my hand. 
One of them, a round one, fell on the floor, just out of 
reach of his proboscis . 5 After several ineffectual attempts 
to reach it, 6 he at length blew the potato against the 
opposite wall with sufficient force to make it rebound, 
and he then without difficulty secured it . 5 2 
This remarkable observation has fortunately been cor- 
roborated by Mr. Darwin. He writes : — 
I have seen, as I dare say have others, that when a small 
object is thrown on the ground beyond the reach of one of the 
elephants at the Zoological Gardens, he blows through his 
trunk on the ground beyond the object, so that the current 
reflected on all sides may drive the object within his reach. 1 2 3 
The observation has also been corroborated by other 
observers . 4 
1 Memoirs , vol. ii., p. 64 et seq. 
2 Jesse, Gleanings in Natural History , vol. i., p. 19, 
3 Descent of Man , p. 96. 
% See Animal Kingdom , vol, iiL, p, 374. 
