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in distribution, and confined to South America. They are 
savage little animals, and, as they herd together in consid¬ 
erable numbers, they are regarded as dangerous enemies by 
both man and beast. They are not difficult to domesticate 
when taken young, but the presence of a pair of dorsal glands, 
secreting an unpleasant fluid, which is apt to taint the meat 
after death, greatly lessens their value to man. The flesh in 
any case is tasteless and dry. 
The enormous animals which form the order called Pro - 
boscidea , from the peculiar elongation of their nose into a 
THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. 
