NEW YORK, June 1, 1886. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT 1 II. HABITS AND WAYS OF ELEPHANTS 12 III. THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE ELEPHANT 27 IV. THE MAMMOTH 36 V. THREE AND FOUR TUSKED ELEPHANTS (MASTODONS) 49 VI. JUMBO 64 VII. HOW ASIATIC ELEPHANTS ARE CAPTURED ALIVE 77 VIII. ASIATIC ELEPHANTS IN CAPTIVITY 91 IX. HUNTING THE ASIATIC ELEPHANT 97 X. THE WHITE ELEPHANT 117 XI. ELEPHANTS IN CEYLON 137 XII. ROGUE ELEPHANTS 148 XIII. HUNTING THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT 164 XIV. BABY ELEPHANTS 179 XV. TRICK ELEPHANTS 184 XVI. ELEPHANTS AND THEIR FRIENDS 192 XVII. TUSKERS AT WORK 195 XVIII. IVORY 217 XIX. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ARTS 231 XX. ELEPHANTS IN THE AMPHITHEATRE 241 XXI. THE ELEPHANT IN PAGEANTRY 249 XXII. WAR ELEPHANTS OF MODERN ASIA 255 XXIII. WAR ELEPHANTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS 277 XXIV. WAR ELEPHANTS OF THE ROMANS AND CARTHAGINIANS 293 XXV. PROBOSCIDIAN FICTIONS 309 BIBLIOGRAPHY 317 INDEX 325 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Frontispiece. A TIGER’S ATTACK, Facing Title. FACING PAGE PLATE I. ELEPHANT’S SKULL AND TRUNK, 4 ” II. ELEPHANTS MOVING TIMBER, 20 ” III. THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH, 30 — A MAMMOTH HUNT, 36 ” IV. ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM, 48 ” V. COHOES MASTODON, 58 ” VI. THE DINOTHERIUM, 64 ” VII. AFRICAN ELEPHANT, JUMBO, 72