. Science from an easy chair; a second series. Science; Natural history. THE INDIAN AND AFRICAN ELEPHANT 121 in the twelfth century , and Egyptian drawings of the eighteenth dynasty show elephants of this species brought as tribute by Syrian vassals. To-day the Indian elephant is confined to certain forests of Hindoostan, Ceylon, Burma, and Siam. The African elephant extended 100 years ago all over South Africa, and in the days of the Carthaginiarls was found near the Mediterranean shore, whilst in prehistoric (late Pleistoscene) times it existed in the south of Spain and in Sicily. Now it
. Science from an easy chair; a second series. Science; Natural history. THE INDIAN AND AFRICAN ELEPHANT 121 in the twelfth century , and Egyptian drawings of the eighteenth dynasty show elephants of this species brought as tribute by Syrian vassals. To-day the Indian elephant is confined to certain forests of Hindoostan, Ceylon, Burma, and Siam. The African elephant extended 100 years ago all over South Africa, and in the days of the Carthaginiarls was found near the Mediterranean shore, whilst in prehistoric (late Pleistoscene) times it existed in the south of Spain and in Sicily. Now it is confined to. Fig. 12.—The African elephant {Elephas africanus) with rider mounted on its back. The drawing is an enlarged representatioa of an ancient Carthaginian coin. the more central and equatorial zone of Africa, and is yearly receding before the incursions and destructive attacks of civilised man. At no great distance of time before the historic period, earlier, indeed, than the times of the herdsmen who used polished stone implements and raised great stone circles, namely, in the late pleistocene period, we find that there existed all over Europe and North Asia and the northern part of America another elephant very closely allied to the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. London, Methuen
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