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. 
“ The Greek shall come against the conqueror of the East, 
By his side there stalks to battle the huge earth-shaking beast, 
The beast on whom the castle with all its guards does stand, 
The beast that has between his eyes the serpent for a wand.” 
Macaulay’s “ lays of ancient rome.”— The Prophecy of Cass. 
I T is somewhat singular that, notwithstanding our 
acquaintance from very remote ages with this 
“ The wisest of brutes, with gentle mind endowed, 
Though powerful, not destructive,” 
our knowledge of its habits, manners, and natural 
history, in general, should be still so imperfect; 
and though much of what I am about to relate 
of this most interesting animal may be a ce twice- 
told tale,” it is still to be hoped the reader will 
find not only amusement, but matter that may not 
previously have met his eye. 
The elephant inhabits many countries extending 
over an immense area, but there are only two known 
