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him. The nurse frequently took it in its cradle, and placed it between his 
feet. This he at length became so much accustomed to, that he would never 
eat his food except it was present. When the child slept, he would drive 
off the flies with his proboscis; and when it cried, would move the cradle 
backward and forward, and thus rock it again to sleep. 
A sentinel belonging to the present menagerie at Paris, was always very 
careful in requesting the spectators not to give the elephants anything to 
eat. This conduct particularly displeased the female, who beheld him with 
INDIAN ELEPHANT, TRUMPETING. 
(Showing methods of hunting it.) 
a very unfavorable eye, and several times endeavored to correct his inter¬ 
ference, by sprinkling his head with water from her trunk. One day, when 
several persons were collected to view these animals, a bystander offered the 
female a bit of bread. 
The sentinel perceived it; but the moment he opened his mouth to give 
his usual admonition, she, placing herself immediately before him, discharged 
in his face a considerable stream of water. A general laugh ensued, but the 
