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... body to the chance of breaking down the support which is prepared for him . The yielding rope must have called this instinct into ac- tion ; although , it should be observed , that the ele- phant will pass a bridge which vibrates , when ...
... body to the chance of breaking down the support which is prepared for him . The yielding rope must have called this instinct into ac- tion ; although , it should be observed , that the ele- phant will pass a bridge which vibrates , when ...
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... which she trod , thrusting her trunk upon every suspicious spot , and slowly and hesitatingly placing her feet in advance before she moved her body forward . A remarkable example of this instinct is mentioned by a writer 20 THE ELEPHANT.
... which she trod , thrusting her trunk upon every suspicious spot , and slowly and hesitatingly placing her feet in advance before she moved her body forward . A remarkable example of this instinct is mentioned by a writer 20 THE ELEPHANT.
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... body upon any frail sup- port , his danger would be extreme . His caution , therefore , in avoiding such an evil , is constantly ex- ercised ; and the powerful as well as delicate in- strument of touch which he possesses enables him ...
... body upon any frail sup- port , his danger would be extreme . His caution , therefore , in avoiding such an evil , is constantly ex- ercised ; and the powerful as well as delicate in- strument of touch which he possesses enables him ...
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... remark- able for a constant practice of rolling her body , as if she were swayed by the motion of a ship ; and it is stated that she acquired this habit upon her voyage from Calcutta . The keeper informed us , that OF THE MENAGERIES . 23.
... remark- able for a constant practice of rolling her body , as if she were swayed by the motion of a ship ; and it is stated that she acquired this habit upon her voyage from Calcutta . The keeper informed us , that OF THE MENAGERIES . 23.
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... body as to give some probability to the old fable , that the elephant , in a state of nature , always sleeps in a standing position against a tree . Another ele- phant , which was kept at Versailles in the time of Louis XV . , was so ...
... body as to give some probability to the old fable , that the elephant , in a state of nature , always sleeps in a standing position against a tree . Another ele- phant , which was kept at Versailles in the time of Louis XV . , was so ...
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Page 79 - THE first shall be of the elephant, whereof there generally passeth an opinion it hath no joints; and this absurdity is seconded with another, that being unable to lie down it sleepeth against a tree; which the hunters observing, do saw it almost asunder, whereon the beast relying, by the fall of the tree falls also down itself, and is able to rise no more.
Page 260 - To the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they showed them the blood of grapes and mulberries. Moreover, they divided the beasts among the armies, and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail...
Page 50 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 182 - There is something very impressive of state and royalty in the march of these sixty or more elephants ; in their solemn and, as it were, measured steps ; in the splendour of the Mikdembers, and the brilliant and innumerable followers in attendance...
Page 257 - Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive.
Page 90 - Trampling his path through wood and brake, And canes which crackling fall before his way, And tassel-grass, whose silvery feathers play O'ertopping the young trees, On comes the Elephant, to slake His thirst at noon in yon pellucid springs. Lo! from his trunk upturn'd, aloft he flinys The grateful shower ; and now Plucking the broad-leaved bough Of yonder plane, with wavey motion slow, Fanning the languid air, He moves it to and fro.
Page 296 - Numidia; the perpetual stream of hot water was poured into the capacious basins through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia.
Page 182 - ... mikdembers, and the brilliant and innumerable followers in attendance : and if I had not regarded this display of magnificence with a sort of philosophical indifference, I should have been apt to be carried away by the similar flights of imagination as inspire most of the Indian poets, when they represent the elephants as conveying so many goddesses, concealed from the vulgar gaze.
Page 39 - ... were not less apparent. Immense numbers of these trees had been torn out of the ground, and placed in an inverted position, in order to enable the animals to browse at their ease on...
Page 209 - Every day when they go to the river to wash, each goes under a canopy of cloth of gold or silk, carried by six or eight men, and eight or ten men go before each, playing on drums, shawms, and other instruments.