River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-12

One row Of her teeth was all gone, ano
the other was likely to fall
The elephants attain the full height
and strength at the age of 40 or AZ
years.
The value of elephants is regulated ac
cording to their Size and qualifications
It varies from 500, to 3,0O0s.
Good elephants are valued from 5 DOC
to 6,O0O rupees. In the past fifty OF
sixty years the value was from 200, to
1,000s.
Elephants carry loads from ten 10
fifteen maunds, and drag from twenty
to twenty-five maunds. Elephants
generally travel twenty-four miles a
day. They can, with difficulty, travel
thirty miles a day. They can keep up
continually from twenty to twenty-five
days at the rate of sixteen miles p day.
The males can carry and drag heavier
loads than the females.
The following is the best food for ele-
phants, viz: branches of peepul and
beet trees, sugar canes, morooah plants
| and wheaton flour. On account OF the
paucity of the above things in this
country, plantain trees, dul grass,
poostee, paddy or rice are generally
given in lieu. Ia the n. w. 2. the first
mentioned things are given.
The names of Tie various kinds OF
fodder (charra) have been mentioned
above. 1t cannot be said what quantity
of ration is sufficient for an elephant to
keep up his health, as nowhere is ii
found that the ration is gwen at a fixed
rate. The mahouts give whatever they
can procure with ease at different local
tiles. There is no specified rule on the
subject.
1t takes about two months to tame
and train newly caught elephants. They
become fit for work in about four or
five months time. 1t takes a month
more in the case of a young elephant.
The mahouts say that the trunks get
larger with the age of the elephant.
The tail in some cases is long as we'll as
short. The end Of it is fat It is thick
and fesby. The nostril is at the end
of the trunk, which can pick up the
smallest things.
The females never have tusks like the
males, called Dele dunto." But
among the "Nar" the tusk of the Makna
and that of the female are identical. 1t
is never more than hand. The
jemadar of the Cooch Behar estate has
seen tusks three and half hands long.
Many have seen them two and half
hands in length. 1t is generally seen
that the ends of the tusks curve up
ward.
There is no particular distinction in
the ttlsks of elephants, only that some
are too thick and that they are not
equally pretty in all cases. The tusk is
fit for cutting when it is more than a
hand and h%lf. The elephants are
more strong and merry when the ends
of their tusks are cut. For shooting
purposes this is more convenient.
They cannot move at rapid pace with
after two years. 1t is not known how
long they take to grow again, and
at what rate.
During the cold weather the elephants
generally keep good health, eat suffi-
cient food and look strong and merry.
They become lean in the hot season.
The rains do not affect their health as
the sun does.
The new leaves of the peepul tree af-
feet the eye-sight of elephants. They
also produce sores in the body.
The following are the diseases of ele-
plants, viz: Lurja bowseer, meetkhora,
juhurbat, awor, kotbonga, ros and
moouras. Besides two or three kinds
of little worms terminate in their stonl-
acA. They are called internal worms.
They do not suffer from the bite of
mosquitoes or insects, but they do from
those of large mosq uitoes (Das).