Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . AN ALARM—ELFPHANTS \ND \ 1 lOLR HUNTING AND CATCHING WILD ELEPHANTS ing that is often repeated and that is that It takes a year and the life of aman to break an elephant to burden. The greatest dread of the trappers is that the incoming herd may runacross a tiger and be stampeded. In spite of its large bulk and strengththe elephant is afraid of the great cat. The temptation to kill a babyelephant often proves too great for the royal tiger, and fearful battles ensue;for the elephant will protect its young from enemies with great the out
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . AN ALARM—ELFPHANTS \ND \ 1 lOLR HUNTING AND CATCHING WILD ELEPHANTS ing that is often repeated and that is that It takes a year and the life of aman to break an elephant to burden. The greatest dread of the trappers is that the incoming herd may runacross a tiger and be stampeded. In spite of its large bulk and strengththe elephant is afraid of the great cat. The temptation to kill a babyelephant often proves too great for the royal tiger, and fearful battles ensue;for the elephant will protect its young from enemies with great the outskirts of the herd are attacked the beasts are liable to scatter andbecome so panic-stricken that the old bull may not be able to get themtogether again for some days. Who tamed the first elephant is not known. On the wall carvings ofthe temples in India, built thousands of years ago, are to be found picturesof elephants with men upon their backs. Furthermore, elephants were usedin Babylon and Syria, and history tells us that there were grea
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