. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. iS6 THE GREAT THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS that the elephant, large and heavy though he is, can yet move over the ground, and even through the thick forest, with so silent a tread that you would be quite unable to hear his footfall, even though you might be standing close beside him. Indeed, hunters who have shot many an elephant tell us that the only way in which one can hear the animal moving is by listening for the sound caused by the water. ELEPHANTS DRINKING BY MOONLIGHT contained in his stomach, which makes a peculiar &q
. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. iS6 THE GREAT THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS that the elephant, large and heavy though he is, can yet move over the ground, and even through the thick forest, with so silent a tread that you would be quite unable to hear his footfall, even though you might be standing close beside him. Indeed, hunters who have shot many an elephant tell us that the only way in which one can hear the animal moving is by listening for the sound caused by the water. ELEPHANTS DRINKING BY MOONLIGHT contained in his stomach, which makes a peculiar "swishing" sound as he walks along. Now, how is this? Here is an immense animal, standing eleven or twelve feet in height, and weighing two or three tons, and yet walking with the silent and stealthy tread of a cat! Are his feet furnished with soft cushions upon the soles, like those of the lion or the tiger? Yes and no, their structure being, however, perfectly different, and yet equally 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 Unger, Frederic William, 1875- [from old catalog]. [Philadelphia, The John C. Winston co. ]
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