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VOLUME XXVIII.—No. 1 . NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1869. NEW SERIES-No. 264. 
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MATERNAL 
SOLICITUD E.— Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
A frisky young pig is not more unlike a staid 
old porker than is a baby elephant unlike the 
mature animal. A young elephant is a playful, 
odd-looking thing, appearing more like an 
animated mass of India-rubber than like an 
animal. It is tamed with the greatest ease, and 
those who have lived in the East inform us that, 
as it increases in size, its familiarity becomes 
oppressive. Petting a young elephant is all very 
"well, until the animal gets large enough to pet 
its owner, and strength of trunk accompanies 
strength of affection. When this occurs, the 
favorite must be sent away. Those who have 
described the habits of the elephant speak of 
the great care of the mother for her young; she 
will brave any danger in order to protect her 
offspring. The artist in the above striking pic¬ 
ture shows the mother interposing her body be¬ 
tween the javelins of the hunters and her child. 
It seems a pity that so noble a beast should be 
slaughtered for its tusks, and it is still more 
to be regretted that large numbers should he 
killed for sport. The tusks, which are much 
larger in the male than in the female, weigh 
from 50 to 150 pounds; the largest recorded 
weight is 350 ' pounds. To supply the demand 
of the American market for ivory, about 4,000 
elephants must be killed each year, and about 
twice that number are required to furnish the 
amount of ivory annually imported into England, j 
