Rogue elephant, their origin and habits, 46 —— their vice and depredations, 49, 50, 82 _n._ —— captured in a corral, 138 —— his death, 138 Rome, performance of elephants, 168 _n._, 183 Ronkedor. _See_ Rogue, 47 _n._ Ronquedue. _See_ Rogue, ib. SAGACITY of the elephant, its superiority questioned, 68 —— Indian elephant said to excel the African in, 150 —— compared with that of the horse and dog, 161 Saragossa, elephant fight, exhibited, 10 _n._ SCHLEGEL, Prof., on the elephant of Sumatra, viii. —— doubts its distinctness from the elephant of Ceylon, viii.-xi. —— on the supposed superiority of the Ceylon to the Indian elephant, 152 _n._ Serpents, in Ceylon, more accidents from than from elephants, 10 SEVERAC, JORDANUS DE, on the mode of training elephants in Cambodia, 157 _n._ SHAKSPEARE, error as to the joints of the elephant, 37 —— on capturing elephants in pitfalls, 96 _n._ Shaw, fallacy as to the elephant shedding the tusks, 7 _n._ Shilook, size of African ivory at, 83 Shooting elephants, 77 —— cruelties of, 77 _n._ —— fatal spot in head, 79, and ear, ib. Siam, elephant of, xi. —— sounds produced by, 30 _n._ Sight, power of, 26 —— accuracy of eye when working, 162 Silhet, elephant of, x. _Sinbad of the Sea_, story of the burial place of dead elephants, 181 Siribeddi, the female decoy, her ability, 123 —— her conduct, 145 SKINNER, MAJOR, story of his dog, 15 —— his description of a strange sound made by elephants, 29 —— finds elephant traces on Adam’s Peak, 41 —— number of elephants shot by him, 78 —— scene described by,—elephants at night, 51 —— story of the courage of an elephant hunter, 99 _n._ SLEAMAN, General, account of wolves suckling children, 47 _n._ Sloane, Sir Hans, on the anatomy of the elephant, 56 _n._ Smell, power of, 27, 98 SOLINUS, his error as to the joints of the elephant, 35 Sounds uttered by the elephant, 27 Soup, made from the elephant’s foot, 89 Speed of an elephant, 32 Sport. _See_ Shooting Stomach of the elephant, double, 56 Stones, how raised by elephants, 162 STRACHAN, Mr., description of shipping elephants at Manaar, 103 _n._ —— on their liability to sudden death, 160 _n._ Structure of the elephant, 4 STUCKLEY, Dr. WILLIAM, on the anatomy of the elephant, 56 _n._ Sudden death, liability of elephants to, 159, 160 _n._ “Sun and moon,” emblems of duration, 187 Sumatra, elephant of, viii. —— called _gadjah_, viii. —— description by Temminck, vii. _n._ —— opinion of Prof. Schlegel on its distinctness from the elephant of India, viii. —— ribs and vertebræ, vii. —— teeth of, viii. —— this opinion controverted by Dr. Falconer, ix. Surgical operations on elephants, 168 Swimming, action of the elephant in, 55 Swine, alleged antipathy of elephant to, 11, 14