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Title: A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings
Year: 1831 (1830s)
Authors: Goodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1790-1862
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Philadelphia : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

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, hi3subjugation is completed. Elephants are sometimes taken, as in the kingdom of Ava, and otherplaces, by means of decoy female elephants. These elephants are sotrained as to favor the designs of their drivers. When a male wild ele-phant is discovered alone, the decoy elephants are let loose, upon whichthey proceed cautiously towards him, grazing along, as if they were^like him, inhabitants of the wild forest. As they approach him, hegenerally makes up to them, and abandons himself to their caresses*In the mean time, the hunters cautiously creep under him, and duringthe intoxication of his pleasure, fasten his fore legs with a strong rope ;after which the hind legs are secured in a similar manner, when the fe-males quit him, he discovers his condition, and endeavors to make hisescape. If the ropes are sufficiently strong, he soon becomes exhaust-ed with his own rage. 9* 102 FAMILY ELEPHANT. The following is a representation of the manner of securing a maltelephant as just described.
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This extraordinary quadruped is thirty years in arriving at its fullgrowth, and lives even in a state of captivity a hundred and twentyyears ; in a state of natural freedom, the duration of its life is supposedto be much further extended. In regard to the Elephants discernment and sagacity, stories havebeen related that might seem incredible, and of which some are un-doubtedly fictitious. Of such, however, as are so well authenticatedas not to admit of a doubt, we have a sufficient number to shew its su-periority over the rest of the brute creation. Some of the actions of ENCYCLOPEDIA. 103 ELEPHANT. this surprising animal mi^ht, indeed, almost seem to be the effects of aportion of intellect, rather than of mere instinct. Among the several anecdotes communicated by the Marquis deMontmirail, we find that the cornac or conductor of an elephant, hadexcited the animal to make an extraordinary effort, by showing him avessel of arrack, which he pointed out as his reward ; but when he hadperf

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