Chap. VII The Elephant
Conduct in Captivity.
Alleged superiority of the Indian to the African elephant—not true 207
Ditto of Ceylon elephant to Indian 209
Process of training in Ceylon 211
Allowed to bathe 213
Difference of disposition 214
Sudden death of “broken heart” 216
First employment treading clay 217
Drawing a waggon 217
Dragging timber 218
Sagacity in labour 218
Mode of raising stones 218
Strength in throwing down trees exaggerated 219
Piling timber 219
Not uniform in habits of work 220
Lazy if not watched 220
Obedience to keeper from affection, not fear 221
Change of keeper—story of child 222
Ear for sounds and music 223
Hurra! (note) 223
Endurance of pain 224
Docility 225
Working elephants, delicate 225
Deaths in government stud 226
Diseases 227
Subject to tooth-ache 227
Question of the value of labour of an elephant 229
Food in captivity, and cost 230
Breed in captivity 231
Age 232
Theory of M. Fleurens 232
No dead elephants found 234
Sindbad’s story 236
Passage from Ælian 237