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CONTENTS, 
CHAPTER XIII. 
ARMS BEST SUITED FOR LION-SHOOTING—THE LION’S RAGE AT A 
BULLET—TENACITY OF LIFE—WOUNDS INFLICTED BY A DYING 
LION—SAFEGUARDS — CAPE-HORSES — REFLECTIONS ON LION¬ 
HUNTING—SIGNS OF THE LION’S WRATH—ALLEGED COWARDICE 
—THE ALGERINE LION . . . . .215 
THE ELEPHANT. 
CHAPTER I. 
COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE ELEPHANT IS FOUND—TWO VARIETIES 
—DIFFERENCE OF THE INDIAN AND AFRICAN SPECIES—COLOUR, 
HEIGHT, AND WEIGHT—THE PROBOSCIS—THE TUSKS—CARE WITH 
WHICH THE ELEPHANT GUARDS ITS TRUNK—DENTITION—MOVE¬ 
MENTS AND PACE—WHEELING ABOUT—ENORMOUS WEIGHT OF 
THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT—THE SPOOR . . . 239 
CHAPTER II. 
VOICE OF THE ELEPHANT—SENSES—HEARING, SIGHT, AND SMELL 
— NATURAL DISPOSITION — MUTUAL AFFECTION — CARRYING 
WATER TO A WOUNDED COMRADE—SAGACITY—FLESH OF THE 
ELEPHANT—THE FOOT—PROBOSCIS AND FAT—HIDE AND EAR— 
IVORY—LONGEVITY ...... 260 
CHAPTER III. 
BREEDING HABITS—PERIOD OF GESTATION—THE CALF—SIZE OF 
THE YOUNG ELEPHANT—ITS GROWTH—MATERNAL AND FILIAL 
AFFECTION—TOUCHING STORY—CALF OF THE RHINOCEROS— 
INCAPABLE OF DOMESTICATION—PET ELEPHANTS—EMPLOY¬ 
MENT OF THE ELEPHANT IN WAR .... 276 
