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the upper part of the stalls in which two ele- 
phants, a male and female, were kept. Some 
provisions, such as they were known to be 
fond of, were given to them to engage their 
attention. The moment the music struck up, 
they ceased eating, and looked round in sur- 
prise to discover whence the sounds proceeded. 
At sight of the gallery, the orchestra, and the 
assembled spectators, they manifested consi- 
derable alarm, as though they suspected some 
design against their safety. But the music 
soon dispelled their fears, and all other emo- 
tions seemed to be absorbed in their attention 
to it. Music of a bold and wild expression 
excited in them a turbulent agitation, expres- 
sive either of violent joy or rising fury. A 
soft air on the bassoon evidently soothed them 
to gentle and tender emotions : whereas a gay 
and lively one moved the female especially to 
demonstrations of highly sportive sensibility. 
Other variations in the music produced corre- 
