&4 
 
1 
 
Q 
 
 O 
 
 O liC 
 
 \r mm 
 
 Q 
 Q 
 
 O 
 Q 
 
 O 
 Q 
 
 ro 
 
 Jo 
 fa 
 fo 
 
 O 
 
 a 
 
 fo 
 
 o 
 p 
 o 
 
 fo 
 
 fo! 
 fo 
 
 o 
 
 Q 
 O 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 AND 
 OF 
 
 T 
 
 WITH 
 
 BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS. 
 
 NEW HAVEN. 
 
 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED 
 BY S. BABCOCK. 
 
 ■nan 
 
 o 
 
 l2J 
 [21 
 
 o, 
 
 HE ELEPHANT, rci 
 
 01 
 
 o 
 bl 
 c 
 
 
 
 b 
 
 o 
 
 13 
 

 *k- • ••' OS 
 
 G?%J«V^-i 
 
 f 
 
 £2 
 
 THE ELEPHANT. 
 
 & 
 
 V- 
 
 
 SCi 
 
 m 
 
 ft 
 
 
 i 
 
 s 
 
 The Elephant- is the largest, the ^ 
 most intelligent, and most powerful of A 
 all land animals. He is an inhabitant W 
 of India, Africa, and the island of 
 Ceylon, in the great forests of which $ d 
 he runs wild. *■ 
 
 In shape this animal can not be 
 compared to any other. His back is 
 high and arched ; his body is very || 
 large and remarkably round ; his neck g 
 short and thick ; his ears broad ; his 
 eyes small, but brilliant, and lull off! 
 expression ; his legs thick and long, 
 and his feet divided into five short A 
 and rounded toes. His nose is con- % 
 tinned out so as to form a probocis, or 
 trunk, the end of which reaches to the ™ 
 ground. 
 
 The trunk of the Elephant is of^ 
 more use to him than our hands are to |l 
 
 V9p 
 
 '^Ki^ 
 
THE ELEPHANT. 
 
 us. At the end of it are the nostrils 
 through which he draws in water and £| 
 piits in his mouth when he wishes to 
 drink. In the picture one Elephant 
 is seen taking up the water, and the 
 f^ other in the act of drinking. 
 
 With his trunk the Elephant also 
 W gathers and puts the food into his 
 mouth, selects herbs and flowers, 
 defends himself from his enemies, |§ 
 ^ and breathes through it — so that it 
 f| serves him for a nose, as well as 
 j~' hands. With it he often throws clods 
 |g| and stones with great force and precis- 1| 
 ion. There was an Elephant once 
 
 «# 
 
 vT in France, 1 believe — that was taught 
 to play at ball. He would throw the 
 ||£ ball with more force than a man, and 
 with nearly as good aim. 
 
 On each side of his trunk there I; 
 grows out of his mouth a large white *$j 
 tusk, which is ivory. These two'$ 
 £ tusks he uses, as well as his trunk, to 
 defend himself from his enemies. 
 Jpl With them he can toss the largest m 
 
* 
 
 ELEPHANTS DRINKING. 5 
 
«fc 
 
 6 THE ELEPHANT. 
 
 Buffalo into the air/. Terrible battles 
 sometimes take place between the 
 Elephant and the Rhinoceros ; but the 
 former generally retreats, if possible. 
 The picture reprepresents a Rhinoce- 
 ros attacking two Elephants. 
 
 The skin of the Elephant is thick 
 and rough, resembling the bark of an 
 old tree. A full grown one will 
 weigh from eight to ten thousand 
 pounds, or as much as eight or ten 
 fatted oxen, and often much more. 
 His back is about as high as the head 
 of a man would be, if he stood on the 
 shoulders of another man. They are 
 from eight to thirteen feet high, and 
 from ten to fifteen feet long. 
 
 His color is commonly a dark 
 bluish brown ; but some are milk 
 white. White Elephants are so 
 highly prized by the princes of the 
 East, as to be sometimes the occasion 
 of wars. The king of Pegu, hearing 
 that the king of Siam had two white 
 Elephants, sent messengers to him to 
 
 ?^P#« 
 
 m> 
 
 &-3BM&** 
 
w 
 
 
 
 RHINOCEROS AND ELEPHANTS. 
 
THE ELEPHANT. 
 
 .n ■/-. 
 
 buy them, offering any sum that should 
 be asked. But the king of Siam refused 
 to part with them. This so enraged 
 the king of Pegu, that he very wickedly 
 'and unjustly sent an army and con- 
 quered the king of Siam, and took not 
 only his two white Elephants, but his 
 whole country from him. 
 
 The common food of the Elephant 
 is roots, leaves, and small branches 
 of trees, which he pulls down with 
 his trunk, as seen in the picture. He 
 also eats hay, oats, and almost every 
 kind of fruit. In each jaw he has 
 four grinders, which weigh from three 
 to four pounds each, and measure 
 from eight to nine inches in length. 
 His hearing is remarkably fine, and he 
 delights in music. His smell is very 
 delicate, and he takes great pleasure in 
 the scent of sweet flowers and herbs. 
 The sense of touch is equally nice, in 
 the end of his trunk, for he can feel the 
 smallest thing, and can pick up a piece 
 of money, or a straw from the floor. 
 
**m 
 
 YOUNG ELEPHANTS BROWSING. 9 
 
 
 
 

 10 
 
 HANT 
 
 ©>' 
 
 * 
 
 Ms >5 
 
 
 rf>> 
 
 # 
 
 Jh 
 
 ^ 
 a 
 
 Elephants delight in marshy places, 
 and in hot weather will go into the 
 water to cool and refresh themselves, 
 where they draw up water in their 
 trunks, and then spout it over their 
 whole bodies, as if from a fountain. 
 The picture represents two Elephants 
 playing in the water, and spouting at 
 each other. 
 
 An Elephant, in passing a tailors 
 shop, put the end of his trunk into an 
 open window. One of the workmen 
 pricked the trunk with his needle, just 
 for sport. Upon this, the Elephant 
 marched off, and coming to a pool of 
 dirty water, filled his trunk and went 
 back to the shop, where he again put 
 it within the window, and spouted the 
 dirty water all over the offender and 
 his companions. 
 
 No animal is more tractable and 
 obedient than the Elephant, and none 
 more easily tamed. Most other ani- 
 mals must be taken quite young, in 
 order to render them perfectly tame 
 
 i, 
 
 X: 
 
 m 
 
 & 
 
 IS 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 m 
 
 <§**■ 
 
iiwjuijiwvqpvai FV 
 
 PLAYING IN THE WATER. 
 
■f- 
 
 
 THE ELEPHANT 
 
 and docile. But the Elephant may be 
 taken at any time of life, and soon be || 
 taught perfect obedience to the com- 
 mands of his master. 
 
 A well trained Elephant will readily 
 swim or wade, with his driver on his 
 back. The picture shows one in the 
 act of crossing a river, with some men \ 
 on his back. You see how he holds his 
 trunk out of the water. If his body 
 were to sink quite under the water, he 
 would not drown, so long as the end of 
 his trunk is above, for he can breathe 
 through his trunk. But in that case, f| 
 the men would be obliged to stand up 
 on his back, or they would receive a ] 
 good ducking. 
 
 This animal is mild and peaceable 
 in his disposition, and when well used, 
 harmless and even affectionate. But 
 he remembers an insult for a long" time, 
 and will not fail to avenge it. 
 
 A gentleman, to try this memory of 3 
 injuries, gave an Elephant a quantity" 
 of cayenne pepper between two pieces <| 
 

 CROSSING A RIVER. 
 
 fifr-3 JX: 
 
 rrttili m 1 1 i I i i in mmtmmm ii 
 
14 
 
 THE ELEPHANT. 
 
 m 
 
 i 
 
 of bread. The animal was much of- 
 fended; and about six weeks after, 
 when the gentleman went to fondle 
 him, he endured his caresses with 
 much composure, but finished by spirt- 
 ing dirty water all over him. 
 
 In India and Africa, he is one of 
 the most useful of animals. His great 
 strength and wonderful sagacity are 
 there employed in all kinds of work. 
 He is used for carrying the hunters 
 When they go out to kill Tigers, Lions, 
 and other wild beasts which are found 
 in that country. He also draws the 
 timber for building ships and houses ; 
 carries heavy loads from one place to 
 another; helps to load and unload ves- 
 sels ; launches ships ; and performs all 
 kinds of labor that he is set about. 
 
 One was once employed in assist- 
 ing to launch a ship ; but the part as- 
 signed to him proved to be beyond his 
 strength. The overseer, in a pet, or- 
 dered the driver to "take away that 
 lazy beast and bring another." On 
 
 
 %, 
 
 
 #1 
 
 S8S 
 
 
 
 m t, 
 
 oasK&s 
 
 Hji< 
 
 <? 
 
 >2» 
 
 % 
 
 air 
 
V 
 
 *•& 
 
 & 
 
 Z\* 
 
 5V 
 
 
 
 >» 
 
THE ELEPHANT. 
 
 this, the poor Elephant made another 
 great effort, fractured his skull, and 
 died on the spot. 
 
 Sometimes the kings and princes of 
 that country indulge in the cruel sport 
 of making Elephants fight with each 
 other ; or with a Lion, a Tiger, or a 
 Leopard. But such amusements as 
 these can only be delighted in by weak 
 and unenlightened minds. The Bible 
 forbids such scenes of cruelty. It is 
 true that God has given us power over 
 all these brutes ; but it is only that we 
 may make them of use to us. We 
 must not torment them to gratify a de- 
 praved and barbarous disposition. 
 
 Let us hope the time is not far dis- 
 tant, when such savage sports will be 
 done away on all parts of the globe. 
 And let us be thankful that we live in 
 a land where we are taught to find our 
 amusements in more humane acts than 
 torturing the dumb creatures which our 
 Heavenly Father has kindly placed 
 here for our comfort and support. 
 
 %&&. 
 
 it 
 
 rV 
 
 fe 
 
 H 
 
 i 
 
 
 7L.V 
 
 H 
 
 Hi. 
 
 i iff 
 
f 
 
 m 
 
 a 
 
 3* !p5"5i 
 
w~ n ~-*--v rv /^*S 
 A3^CL*jgg 
 
 *^- 
 
 
 
 MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE, AND EN 
 TERTAINING 
 
 TOY BOOKS, 
 
 BEAUTIFULLY 
 
 EMBELLISHED 
 
 WITH 
 
 SUPERIOR 
 
 ENGRAVINGS 
 
 FOR 
 
 THE MIND AND THE EYE. 
 
 j 
 
 5? 
 
 OF ALL THE 
 
 DIFFERENT SIZES, 
 
 JUST PUBLISHED. 
 
 /I5 y