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of his trunk ; then trampled on him with his feet, 
and kneeling, endeavoured to pierce his belly with 
his tusks. He was, however, rescued. 
A painter wanted to draw this same elephant in 
an unusual attitude, with his trunk elevated, and 
his mouth open. To make him remain in this 
position, an attendant threw fruits, from time to 
time, into his mouth. But he often only pretended 
to throw, without giving any. The elephant at 
length, teazed and irritated, and observing that it 
was to gratify the painter the servant treated him 
with such impertinence, turned his eye upon the 
master and his work, and by squirting a quan- 
tity of water from his trunk, entirely spoiled the 
drawing. 
The following instance of the sagacity of these 
animals was mentioned to Dr. Darwin, by some 
gentlemen of undoubted veracity, who had been 
much conversant with our Eastern settlements. 
The elephants that are used to carry the baggage 
of our armies, are put each under the care of one 
of the natives of Lndostan ; and wdiilst this person 
and his wife go into the woods to collect leaves 
and branches of trees for his food, they fix him to 
the ground by a length of chain, and frequently 
leave a child, yet unable to walk, under his protec - 
tion ; and the intelligent animal not only defends 
it, but, as it creeps about, when it arrives near the 
extremity of his chain, he w T raps his truck gently 
round its body, and brings it again into the centre 
of his circle. 
In the last war, a young elephant received a 
violent wound in its head ; the pain of which ren- 
dered it so frantic and ungovernable, that it was 
found impossible to persuade the animal to have ths 
part dressed. Whenever any one approached, it 
ran off with fury, and would suffer no person to 
come within several yards of it. The nran who 
