. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. raction to the Elephant, dowds of people who daily went to see it, as no doubt the one born in our own Gardens would have been had it lived. Mr. MacAulay- Audsley writes as follows concerning this interesting picture : — For the past few days the Zoological Gardens here have displayed the additional attraction of a baby elephant. The term baby is often incorrectly applied to hobbledehoy elephantsaged a few months, or even a fewyears; but this recent visitor to the City of Palaces is absolutely the verybabiest elephant that m
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. raction to the Elephant, dowds of people who daily went to see it, as no doubt the one born in our own Gardens would have been had it lived. Mr. MacAulay- Audsley writes as follows concerning this interesting picture : — For the past few days the Zoological Gardens here have displayed the additional attraction of a baby elephant. The term baby is often incorrectly applied to hobbledehoy elephantsaged a few months, or even a fewyears; but this recent visitor to the City of Palaces is absolutely the verybabiest elephant that most people haveever been privileged to see. At thetime the photograph was taken he wasonly fifteen days old, and bore a mostbewitching likeness to a full-grownelephant viewed through the wrong endof an opera glass. The baby was bornon board a flat* between Assam andCalcutta. The hide of the pachydermnever presents a youthful appear-ance, and this fortnight-old baby was • A sort of large flat steamer used on the KiverHoogly for the Assam Service. 414 Animal Life. probably explaining to him at thesame time that the world was avery dangerous place, for he wouldstand underneath her, gazing outpensively until the impressionpassed and he was ready for newpsrils. It was a most difficulttask to get him in position fortlie camera, for even when heappeared to be making for acertain spot he would stop on theway and play football Avith histrunk; it was as interesting toliim as a kittens tail is to akitten, but far more seemed always to be wanting,in the song says, something toplay with, and sticks, parasolhandles, etc., were his baby and its mother are nowon a voyage to Europe (Ham-burg), and I feel sure that noship will be dull that numbers ] him among its passengers. Through the kindness of thej^g Marquis de Barthe- Phu=Quoc lemy and Mr. H. C.^^ Brooke we are en-abled to give portraits and adescription of a breed of dogwhich is of great rarity and verylittle k
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