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herd, is never admitted to another; and though 
Saunderson found them occasionally in company 
with another solitary of their own species, Sir J. Tennant 
records that, even when driven into the keddah, a 
“ rogue ” elephant was never allowed to enter the herd 
of captives with which he was enclosed. Good-temper 
is the fundamental condition of animal society, and 
it is probably to the lack of this, and the growing 
conviction that the “ rogue ” is an unclubable, 
unsociable fellow, that his exclusion is due. When 
separated from the wholesome discipline of society, 
his temper goes from bad to worse, and he joins the 
ranks of criminal animals. The wanton ferocity then 
developed is, perhaps, best shown by Colonel Saunder- 
son’s description of the state of things on the main 
road between Mysore and Uznand, caused by a 
creature called the “ rogue of Kakankote.” Policemen 
were planted at the entrance of the jungle to warn 
travellers to proceed only in parties, and even then 
the wretched Kurrabas who lived in the forest were 
from time to time caught, and pulled to pieces limb 
by limb, to gratifiy the ill-temper of the elephant. 
When mastered, the naturally ferocious elephant has 
been known to die of sheer fury. A noosed “ rogue ” 
in the keddah lay down and died, though those suffer- 
ing from the excitement of “ must ” are often re- 
claimed. The ferocity of the “ rogue” buffalo and 
“ rogue ” hippopotamus must probably be accounted 
for in the same way. They are individuals which 
have become intolerable to their own species, and, 
