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Rh but generous animal took it up gently, gave it uck, and afterwads laid it down in the cradle with the utmot olicitude. This tendernes, which is not unlike gratitude in our pecies, proceeded from the kind treatment of it's keeper.

An elephant is commonly old by meaurement; and ome of thoe animals, which are young and well trained, are purchaed at the rate of 150 rupees per cubit: they are meaured from the head to the tail, which is about even cubits long, and at this calculation will amount to above one hundred pounds terling each.

Next to the elephant in bulk and figure,