The ivory king : $b A popular history of the elephant and its alliesHolder, Charles Frederick
History
The ivory king : $b A popular history of the elephant and its allies
Holder, Charles Frederick
Elephants
“Hora,” or “ronkedor,” native name for a rogue elephant, 159.
Howdah, saddle of an elephant, 205.
Hutchinson, J. H., notable elephant owner, 134.
Indian elephant, 2, 6.
Instinct of elephants, 28.
Intelligence of elephants, 27.
Ivory, 217.
bangles of, 221.
colossal statue in, 239.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, London, 229.
doors of the Palatium in, 239.
dust of, 222.
F. Grote & Co., vaults of, 219.
hunters of, 226.
importation of, 220.
in the arts, 236.
in Hotel Cluny, 235.
in Ptolemy’s ship, 238.
Juno of Argos in, 237.
Leo X., his taste in, 218.
mammoth tusks, 226.
Minerva in gold and, 238.
Odontological Society, London, 229.
Phidias’ statue in, 237.
plaques in South Kensington, 235.
Roman tablets of, 218.
schroons, or wrappers, of, 221.
statue of Alexander in, 238.
Westendorp & Co., vaults of, 219.
Jinjalls, a small cannon, 99.
Juggernaut, elephant in ceremonies of, 251.
Julius Cæsar, war elephants of, 307.
“Jumbo,” 66-76.
Kábul, merchants of, 94.
Kandy, Temple of, 120.
Kaslegar, King of, battles, 275.
King of Cambodia, 124.
King of Siam, 124.
Kircher, author, on elephant, 122.
Knight, Charles, & Co., Preface.
Koomeriah, best breed of elephant, 93.
Kreiger Karol, hunter and author, 171.
Kublai Khan, 209.
elephants of, 274.
Kurrabas, native attendants, 105.
Lahore, 270.
“Leveller of the Earth,” name of white elephant, 129.
“Light of Asia,” a white elephant, 136.
Lincoln, Abraham, offered elephants, 215.
Livingstone, 168.
Livy describes battles with elephants, 297.
“Lord of the White Elephant,” 130.
Louis XIV., owner of an elephant, 17.
Lucanian oxen, elephants so called, 294.
Lucerne, gigantic skeleton in, 314.
Maccabees, Book of, on elephant armor, 276.
Macedon, elephants of, 299.
Macedonian army, elephant battalion of, 284, 306.
Machlis, 313.
Magnesia, battle of, with elephants, 306.
“Mahaw Anso,” a treatise on the elephant, 117.
Mahmood, elephant of, 117, 122.
Mahout, name of an elephant driver, 202.
Mammoth, a complete, 227.
tusks, 226.
tusks analyzed, 226.
Manaar, important elephant depot, 144.
Mandalay, Theebaw’s capital, 131.
Mandla, a rogue elephant, 153.
Marco Polo, on elephants in battle, 272.
Mastodon giganteus, 312.
Mastodon, 312.
Meerga, a breed of elephants, 94.
Metaurus, battle of, with elephants, 303.
Metellus captures war elephants, 296.
Milton, poem on elephant in pageantry, 241.
Mogul Empire, elephant armor in, 268.
Morlay, important depot of elephant, 153.
Must, madness of elephants, 151.
Mysore, elephant-catching establishment at, 12.
Mysore, elephant locality, 12.
Negaha, food of elephants, 12.
Nordenskiöld, 227.
Oriental field sports, 2.
Oswold, Mr., African elephant-hunter, 170.
Oxen, Lucanian, 294.
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