” VIII. BABY JUMBO, 80 ” IX. ASIATIC ELEPHANT, 88 ” X. HUNTING THE ELEPHANT WITH SWORDS, 100 ” XI. THE WHITE ELEPHANT, TOUNG TALOUNG, 120 ” XII. HERD OF ELEPHANTS, CEYLON, 140 ” XIII. AFRICAN ELEPHANT, 166 ” XIV. HEBE AND BABY BRIDGEPORT, 180 ” XV. ELEPHANT CARRYING LOGS, 200 ” XVI. ASIATIC ELEPHANT AND TIGER, 218 ” XVII. STATUE OF JUPITER, 238 ” XVIII. PREHISTORIC STONE PIPES, 246 ” XIX. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT LAHORE, 255 ” XX. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT AGRA, 270 ” XXI. ANCIENT ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS, 280 ” XXII. ” ” ” 290 [Illustration: MEXICAN HIEROGLYPHIC, WITH ELEPHANT FEATURES. _Chapter V._] THE IVORY KING. CHAPTER I. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT. The elephant is the largest living land animal; and, though numerous forms existed in early geological times, it is represented to-day by two species only,—the African elephant, _Elephas Africanus_, and the Asiatic elephant, _Elephas Indicus_. The geographical range of the former originally included nearly all Africa, but now the animals are more closely confined to the central interior regions. The Asiatic elephant is found in the forests of India, Ceylon, Burmah, Siam, Cochin China, Sumatra, and the Malay peninsula; and, while the introduction of railroads into these countries in ensuing years will perhaps result in its extinction, at present its numbers are not growing less. The African elephant differs from its Asiatic cousin in several particulars. The apparent distinguishing features are the tusks that attain a much greater development and occur in both sexes, while in the Asiatic species the males alone possess them. The African elephant is at least a foot higher than the Asiatic, attaining a maximum height of eleven feet. Its ears are extremely large, covering the shoulder, and in some instances measuring three and a half feet in length by two and a half feet in width, while those of its Indian relative are comparatively small.