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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.]
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PlateI.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.

[Chapter V.]

THE IVORY KING.

CHAPTER I.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT.