[88] One of the Indian names for the elephant is _duipa_, which signifies “to drink twice.” (AMANDI, p. 513.) Can this have reference to the peculiarity of the stomach for retaining a supply of water? Or has it merely reference to the habit of the animal to fill his trunk before transferring the water to his mouth? [89] The buffalo and the humped cattle of India, which are used for draught and burden, have, I believe, a development somewhat more conspicuous than in the rest of their congeners, of the organisation of the reticulum which enables the ruminants generally to endure thirst, and abstain from water, but nothing in them approaches in singularity of character to the distinct cavities in the stomach exhibited by the three animals above alluded to. [90] For an explanation of this term, see Sir J. EMERSON TENNENT’S _Ceylon_, _etc._ vol. i. p. 498. [91] “One of the strongest instincts which the elephant possesses, is this which impels him to experiment upon the solidity of every surface which he is required to cross.”—_Menageries_, _etc._ “The Elephant,” vol. i. pp. 17, 19, 66. [92] WOLF’S _Life and Adventures_, p. 151. [93] _Private Letter_ from Dr. DAVY, author of _An Account of the Interior of Ceylon_. [94] The _Colombo Observer_ for March 1858, contains an offer of a reward of twenty-five guineas for the destruction of an elephant which infested the Rajawallé coffee plantation, in the vicinity of Kandy. Its object seemed to be less the search for food, than the satisfying of its curiosity and the gratification of its passion for mischief. Mr. TYTLER, the proprietor, states that it frequented the jungle near the estate, whence it was its custom to sally forth at night for the pleasure of pulling down buildings and trees, “and it seemed to have taken a spite at the pipes of the waterworks, the pillars of which it several times broke down—its latest fancy being to wrench off the taps.” This elephant has since been shot. [95] CUVIER, _Règne Animal_. “Les Mammifères,” p. 280. [96] _Table Talk_, p. 63. [97] The elephant is believed by the Singhalese to express his uneasiness by his voice, on the approach of _rain_; and the Tamils have a proverb,—“_Listen to the elephant, rain is coming._” [98] Yokes borne on the shoulder with a package at each end. [99] The tutelary spirit of the sacred mountain, Adam’s Peak. [100] The Singhalese hold the belief, that twigs taken from one bush and placed on another growing close to a pathway, ensure protection to travellers from the attacks of wild animals, and especially of elephants. Can it be that the latter avoid the path, on discovering this evidence of the proximity of recent passengers? [101] A rogue elephant. [102] Woman’s robe. [103] The figured cloth worn by men.