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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. 
T HE elephant has an expressive organ of voice. 
The sounds which he utters have been dis¬ 
tinguished, by his Asiatic keepers, into three kinds. 
The first, which is very shrill, and is produced by 
blowing through his trunk, is indicative of pleasure ; 
the second, produced by the mouth, is a low note 
expressive of want; the third, proceeding from 
the throat, is a terrific roar of anger or revenge. 
The sense of hearing in the elephant is very 
acute. The structure of its ear has been investi¬ 
gated with great accuracy by Sir Everard Home, 
who has come to the conclusion that the elephant 
hears sounds at a greater distance than other animals, 
and particularly that his sense is more acute than 
that of man. He illustrates his position by several 
statements (too long for insertion in these pages), 
which he gives on the authority of Mr. Corse.* 
* Afterwards Mr. Corse Scott, formerly Superintendent of the 
East India Company’s elephants at Toperah, a province of Bengal. 
