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ELEPHANTS.
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In a wild state, these animals associate in large herds, which wander among the succulent herbage of the great forests watered by pools and

YOUNG ELEPHANTS.

unfailing streams, under the conduct of the oldest and largest males. From the most ancient times individuals have been captured, by various stra-