THE ELEPHANT. 
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parts of India elephants are found of a white 
'Colour, though this is a rare occurrence. 
The male elephant is provided with tusks 
'Corresponding with the canine teeth in other 
lUadrupeds. The female either very rarely 
W tusks, or they are much smaller than in 
^he male. These tusks vary in size, according 
'•o the species and age of the animal ; some 
^ave been seen ten feet long, and tusks brought 
^0 the India House have weighed one hundred 
^Od fifty pounds each, though those of the 
^Odian elephants are more commonly from 
®fty to seventy pounds. It is scarcely neces- 
^''ry to inform the reader that the tusks of the 
®|ophant furnish us with that valuable mate- 
*'ial ivory. 
There are two species of elephants, the 
^®iatic and the African. The former is found 
all the southern countries of Asia ; in Co- 
'c^nchina, Siam, Pegu, Ava, Hindustan, and 
adjacent islands, particularly Ceylon. The 
