| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Natural History of the Elephant | [1] |
| II. | Habits and Ways of Elephants | [12] |
| III. | The Intelligence of the Elephant | [27] |
| IV. | The Mammoth | [36] |
| V. | Three and Four Tusked Elephants (Mastodons) | [49] |
| VI. | Jumbo | [64] |
| VII. | How Asiatic Elephants are captured alive | [77] |
| VIII. | Asiatic Elephants in Captivity | [91] |
| IX. | Hunting the Asiatic Elephant | [97] |
| X. | The White Elephant | [117] |
| XI. | Elephants in Ceylon | [137] |
| XII. | Rogue Elephants | [148] |
| XIII. | Hunting the African Elephant | [164] |
| XIV. | Baby Elephants | [179] |
| XV. | Trick Elephants | [184] |
| XVI. | Elephants and their Friends | [192] |
| XVII. | Tuskers at Work | [195] |
| XVIII. | Ivory | [217] |
| XIX. | The Elephant in the Arts | [231] |
| XX. | Elephants in the Amphitheatre | [241] |
| XXI. | The Elephant in Pageantry | [249] |
| XXII. | War Elephants of Modern Asia | [255] |
| XXIII. | War Elephants of Alexander the Great and his Successors | [277] |
| XXIV. | War Elephants of the Romans and Carthaginians | [293] |
| XXV. | Proboscidian Fictions | [309] |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | [317] | |
| INDEX | [325] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Frontispiece. | A Tiger’s Attack, | [Facing Title.] | |
| FACING PAGE | |||
| Plate | I. | Elephant’s Skull and Trunk, | [4] |
| ” | II. | Elephants Moving Timber, | [20] |
| ” | III. | The Siberian Mammoth, | [30] |
| — | A Mammoth Hunt, | [36] | |
| ” | IV. | St. Petersburg Museum, | [48] |
| ” | V. | Cohoes Mastodon, | [58] |
| ” | VI. | The Dinotherium, | [64] |
| ” | VII. | African Elephant, Jumbo, | [72] |
| ” | VIII. | Baby Jumbo, | [80] |
| ” | IX. | Asiatic Elephant, | [88] |
| ” | X. | Hunting the Elephant with Swords, | [100] |
| ” | XI. | The White Elephant, Toung Taloung, | [120] |
| ” | XII. | Herd of Elephants, Ceylon, | [140] |
| ” | XIII. | African Elephant, | [166] |
| ” | XIV. | Hebe and Baby Bridgeport, | [180] |
| ” | XV. | Elephant Carrying Logs, | [200] |
| ” | XVI. | Asiatic Elephant and Tiger, | [218] |
| ” | XVII. | Statue of Jupiter, | [238] |
| ” | XVIII. | Prehistoric Stone Pipes, | [246] |
| ” | XIX. | The Prince of Wales at Lahore, | [255] |
| ” | XX. | The Prince of Wales at Agra, | [270] |
| ” | XXI. | Ancient Elephant Medallions, | [280] |
| ” | XXII. | ” ” ” | [290] |
MEXICAN HIEROGLYPHIC, WITH ELEPHANT FEATURES.