. Science from an easy chair; a second series. Science; Natural history. I20 ELEPHANTS purrs in answer to one's voice : but the lion is pompous, irritable, and easily upset. He never purrs. He is unpleasantly and obscurely spotted. He seems to be afraid of losing his dignity, and to be conscious of the fact that his reputation—like that of some English officials —depends on the overpowering wig which he now wears, though his Macedonian forerunner had no such growth to give an illusive appearance of size and capacity to his head. However opinions may differ about these things, all will agree th
. Science from an easy chair; a second series. Science; Natural history. I20 ELEPHANTS purrs in answer to one's voice : but the lion is pompous, irritable, and easily upset. He never purrs. He is unpleasantly and obscurely spotted. He seems to be afraid of losing his dignity, and to be conscious of the fact that his reputation—like that of some English officials —depends on the overpowering wig which he now wears, though his Macedonian forerunner had no such growth to give an illusive appearance of size and capacity to his head. However opinions may differ about these things, all will agree that the elephant (or " Oliphant," as he was. Fl8. II.—The Indian elephant {Elephas maximus or indicus). Observe the small size of its ear-flap. called in France 400 years ago) is the most imposing, fascinating, and astonishing of all animals. At the present day there are two species only of elephant existing on the earth's surface. These are the Indian (Fig. 11) (called Elephas indicus, but sometimes called Elephas maximus on account of the priority which belongs to that designation, although the Indian elephant is smaller than the other), and the African (Fig. 12) (called Elephas Africanus). In the wild state their area of occupation has become greatly diminished within historic times. The Indian elephant was hunted in Mesopotamia. 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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