The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-02

h fAe9s s1.tttN atttN tsf!oe! seAoItA WALL All0 ~
assist 4'zif in his especial duties, No orn-
ing, and evening the animal, am lust
have a bath, and, before he setsa out
on his march. every part of his body
where the skin is liable to crack in
the hot sun his forehead, ears, paws,
etc::-must be Amounted with grease.
When at rest, he must be, placed in
the shade and relieved Of his trap
pings. "A simple cord tied around
one. leg, and fastened to q stake, suf::
fees to. eon6ne him, asia 1docile. ole
phant never attempts to break away
from restraint. :. 49,. -::3
y His, daily. .rations, while on the
march, consist Of from 20: to- 25
pounds Of Of wheat-aour, kneaded into
s cakes with water, and: a pound of
ghee, or clarified butter; and = half
pound of salt. These cakes are bak.
3D. II pound loaSsss,, ! md a. Z S!ooinaeEh.lfi is
pivan aaa at each 81 two tsspsn sapafate t' mneeala Il
11hese at ratiohal Ought not Is 81 besa = aaa6aated
ID ID quantity hennqe i Is 'isg i@past 4 .lnt
that the traveller should look to tho
matter himself, as the mahout does
not scruple to. rob the elephant: by
way Of providing for his own family.
But the regular meals of" bread do
not by any means furnish sufficient
sustenance for the huge beast. He
must be regularly taken to the jungle,
where he selects and breaks off: for
himself branches of particular trees,
-species Of the fig are his especial
favorites,-and loading them on his
back, returns to camp. He here
stri ps off the leaves, which he rejects,
and, by a single dexterous. stroke
with the delicate finger terminating
his trunk, removes the bark from
leach twig, however slight, and then,
discarding the wood as he before. has
done the leaves, regales himself upon
the bark alone. -
IL "A species of grass (7yphr' elepha,.-
ta)), with leaves growing to the size o.
assabrepblade, 'abounds in the pools
Iof Central India after the month Of
EApfil, and is preferred by the ele-
phans to6g-boughs. He is also very
fond Of the sugar-cane, but this is too
Eheating q food. : The animal often
makes up balls Of earth, generally ioi
Ired redllqf llqan alnqq. .Iana <swB)hws them. IT Eli,
I l'olqs a saet4 assa a:xioaeat <athattic, aa1d
- instinctively AnPloyed;by thesigia.
eious brute as;aoremedy. for ihssiitin,
taI werns, Il with which he il yer y
fqNeh troubled. =" .s,, Z: >>.5:s.::...
p The animal soon becomes attached
ftothe traveller who rides him, greet
ing his approach with q friendly crYjj q
Eobeyiug his slightest direction, and
carefully breaking the branches
bending over the path that might
strike him in passing.
/" M. Rousselet, to whom we are in.
debted for the above particulars, EN-.
Iployed the elephant in a great part
Of his travels in Central India. Al
one time he was caught in q dread
I full storm, in a march which. he had
unwisely attempted in tho rainy sea,
son. j" The rain fell in torrents, The
lightning played in violent streAk'
I along the ground, and the thunde,
broke in incessant peals from the sky
| It was necessary in the course Of tht
! march, to ford a stream that had
| been swollen by the deluge into 3
Ideep and furious torrent. NJ. Rous
'fselet,, his travelling ;campanion,, ant
the mahout, were mounted upon. ,
single elephant, which was directet
toward the raging current: 4 !
"The sagacious beast" !" writes N
Rousselet, approached the wate,
sounded it for a moment with hi
ttrunk, as though to test the force o
}, the stream, and then fell back, ute,
, ing two or three cries like the SCUM,
Of a clarion, as if to protest agains
our temerity. A touch with pix
on the crown of his head warned hin
however, that we were not inclined t
dispute about the matter and, brav,
! ly resigning himself, he dashed int
the water. His heavy bulk SCENE
4nsensible to the strength of the Gu,
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