It is by no means the intention of the Zoological Society, that, because an axial walk leads through the Elephant House, the building shall be used _as a thoroughfare_ for foot traffic between the northern and southern portions of the Park. Such use would surely defeat the main purpose of the structure. It is intended to be entered _only by persons who desire to see the animals, and all others must pass around it_, by one or the other of the two very direct promenades which will be provided. The employees of the Park are strictly forbidden to consider the walk through the building as a convenient highway, and visitors are requested to observe the obvious necessities of this case. The Indian Elephant, (_Elephas indicus_), is the universal elephant of captivity, the African species being shown only as a great rarity. For every elephant that comes from Africa, about thirty come from India, and of those about twenty-nine are prosy and unromantic females. In order to secure a male Indian Elephant, it must be specially ordered. [Illustration: INDIAN ELEPHANT.] Our first Indian Elephant, a fine male named “Gunda,” was caught wild in the interior of Assam, northeastern India, and he arrived at the Zoological Park in May, 1904, as the gift of Col. Oliver H. Payne. He was then about seven years old. He stood 6 feet 7 inches in shoulder height, weighed 3,740 pounds, and had all the points of a “high-caste” elephant. His tusks were then 16 inches long. He is very mischievous about breaking anything in his quarters that is breakable, and he manifests special dislike toward certain individuals who come near him. Like most Indian elephants, “Gunda” is very intelligent. In two days he was taught to receive pennies, lift the lid of his “bank,” drop the coin within, and ring his bell. Since his arrival here, in May, 1904, he has grown in height at the rate of about 5 inches each year. On November 1, 1910, he stood 8 feet 9 inches in shoulder height, his weight was 8100 pounds, and his tusks were 36 inches long. The Sudan African Elephant, (_Elephas oxyotis_, Matschie), is the largest of the four species of African elephants now recognized. The other species are the South African Elephant, (_E. capensis_), the German-East-African Elephant, (_E. knochenhaueri_), and the West African Elephant, (_E. cyclotis_). After some years of waiting, and many futile efforts, we have at last come into possession of a pair of young Sudan Elephants, representing, so we believe, the great species to which belonged Jumbo, and also the bearer of the enormous tusks presented to the Zoological Society by Mr. Charles T. Barney. Like all elephants newly arrived from Africa, they are young, and small; but if they have good health they will grow very rapidly, and about A. D. 1927 they should attain full stature,—11 feet at the shoulders for the male, or thereabouts. [Illustration: AFRICAN ELEPHANTS.]