THE ELEPHANT. 
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The chief care of the elephant, whether 
a state of nature or domesticated, is to put hi® 
trunk out of harm, when any danger present® 
itself. Hence he is extremely cautious 
using it as a weapon, rarely striking with d' 
though he will frequently employ it to thro" 
clods and stones at any object of dislike. 
this manner he will frequently attack hog®' 
hurling such missiles with great force and pt^' 
cision. If he is attacked by any wild aniinU^’ 
he carries his trunk as high as he can in th^ 
air, and if this delicate organ is injured in th^ 
slightest degree, he becomes wild with rag^ 
and terror. The instinct with which 
creature preserves this precious instrument ’’ 
only proportioned to its essential important®' 
Captain Williamson saw an elephant, who®^ 
trunk had been cut with a bill-hook, 
though the wound was perfectly healed, 
animal was quite helpless, incapable of 
plying himself with food, and even of travelli*^^ 
