forty thousand. It is of a lengthened, nearly
cylindrical form, pierced through its whole length
with two tubes which are the prolongations of the
nostrils. ‘‘On the upper side of the extremity,
immediately above the partition of the nostrils,
is an elongated process, which may be considered
as a finger; and on the under edge is a sort of
tubercle, which acts as an opposible point; in
short, as a thumb. Endowed with exquisite sen-
sibility, nearly eight feet in length, and stout in
proportion to the massive size of the whole
animal, this organ, at the volition of the Ele-
phant, will uproot trees or gather grass, raise a
piece of artillery or pick up a comfit, kill a man
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ELEPHANT'S HEAD.
or brush off a fly. It conveys the food to the mouth, and pumps up the enormous draughts of water, which by its recurvature are turned into and driven down the capacious throat, or showered over the body. Its length supplies the place
