A much longer time was required to train them in their respective Tines of endeavour, such as piling' Jogs, ete, One might almost say, especially' piling logs, which is the elephant's mdst impressive occupation. Groups of them are trained to draw the logs up from the river raft, march over to the piling enclosure, lay log after log neatly in its place. If a fraction of an inch off, the elephant casts an unfriend-eye upon the over-lapping log and gently taps it into its proper position with his trunk. When meal time comes or the end of the day, the precision with which the elephant stops his work almost implicates him with belonging to a labour union, He is friendly to] work when trained, but a great be-lever in there being a time for work and a time for play, and shows his intelligence in the He can carry a load of 2,000 pounds with ease, and his value to the Indian Army was greater formerly than at present with modern warfare methods. A. drawback is found in the fact that he consumes some 800 Ibs. of rations daily and in time of warfare if tone should be killed it becomes a problem to know how to dispose!
the immense bulk which has been now. to block passes and miightily to corrupt the atmosphere in the hot waves of Indi But Mr. Evans calls the elephant the "glory of India" and he explains still further that to the native the elephant means an almost superhuman creature. They wers with deep reverence. His magni ficent trappings on ceremonial occasions, when sometimes enormous, sphants wear head-dresses and diamonds and have trappings studded with all manner of dazzling precious stones, strike awe into' the heart of even a European observer, so that! the native reverence can be eomprehended entirely.
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