BERNIER, as to the supposed superiority of the Ceylon elephant to that of India, 152 “_Bestiaries_” of the Middle Ages, in error as to the joints of the elephant,36 Burmah, method of capturing elephants in, 97 Bison, its instinct as to harvest time, 64 BLAIR, Dr., on the anatomy of the elephant, 56 _n._ BLES, M., affection of elephants for their young, 47. _See_ Buffon —— on training elephants, 159 _n._ Bo-trees, sacred; eaten by elephants, 111. BOCHART, derivation of the word _elephant_, 4 _n._ BONAPARTE, Prince LUCIEN, his account of the Sumatran elephant, viii. Breeding in captivity, fallacy as to, 176 BRODERIP, on the mode of training, 155 —— on the size of tusks in elephants, 8 _n._ —— on the stomach of, 56 BROOKE, Sir VICTOR, Bart., great elephant shot by, 9 _n._ —— immense tusk, 16 BROWNE, Sir THOMAS, _Vulgar Errors_, exposes the delusion as to there being no joints in the elephant, 32, 38 BUCHANAN, on rogue elephants, 49 _n._ Buffalo, double stomach of, 63 BUFFON. _See_ BLES —— on the double stomach of the elephant, 57 _n._ —— on training, 159 _n._ Burial place of the elephants, as told in the story of _Sinbad of the Sea_, 181 Burying their dead, alleged habit of elephants, 180 CÆSAR, his story of the _alce_, 33 Cambodia, method of training elephants in, 157 Camel, alleged antipathy of the elephant to, 13 —— cellular stomach, 60 CAMPER, on the double stomach of the elephant, 58 Captivity, conduct of elephants when first taken, 150 Carthaginians employed elephants in war, 151 Caution of elephants as to pit-falls alleged, but doubtful, 67 Ceylon, geological formation of the island, vii. —— export of elephants to India, viii. 5 —— profuse number of elephants in, 5 —— cause of declining numbers, 6 Charlemagne, elephant sent to by Haroun Alraschid, 35 Chena cultivation, 64 China, Ceylon ivory preferred for carving, 62 Chittagong, elephant of, x. Chuny, the tame elephant killed at Exeter Change, its cruel death, 169 Climbing, ability of the elephant in, 41 Cochin China, elephant of, xi. COCKAYNE. See _Alexandri Epistola, etc._, 11 Coco-nut, how eaten by an elephant, 64 COLERIDGE, on the sagacity of the elephant, 68 Colombo frequented by elephants in 1705 A. D., 5 COMBE, on the brain of the elephant, 86 Cooroowe. _See_ Noosers, 122, 155 Coroners’ inquests show few deaths by elephants, 10 Corral or Kraal, operations of, 95 —— in Bengal, how constructed. _See_ Keddah, 104 —— dimensions, 113 —— form of, 112 —— its strength, 114 —— the drive of the elephants, 115 —— the rush and return, 116 —— singular night scene, 117 —— the capture made, 118 —— noosed and secured, 121 —— distress of the captives, and their struggles, 125, 135 —— terror of the elephants for white rods, 128 —— noticed by Pliny, 128, _n._ —— conduct of the young ones, 137