considerable magnitude, broke it off with ease, and often gathered a leafy branch, either to keep off the flies, or as a fan to agitate the air around him, by waving it with his trunk ; he generally paid a visit at the tent-door during breakfast, to procure sugar-candy or fruit, and be cheered by the encomiums and caresses he deservedly met with: no spaniel could be more innocently playful, nor fonder of those who noticed him, than this docile animal, who, on particular occasions, appeared conscious of his exaltation above the brute creation."

However surprising may be the docility of this animal, when tamed, its sagacity, in a savage state even, is a subject of still greater wonder, as is evidenced by the following narrative extracted from Lichtenstein's Travels in Southern Africa.

"Two individuals named Muller and Prince, being engaged, in the Caffre territory, where these animals abound, in an elephant hunt, discovered the footsteps of a very large elephant, and soon espied the animal himself on the declivity of a naked and widely outstretched hill. It is a rule, when an elephant is thus found, to endeavour to get above him on the hill, to the end that, in case of necessity, the hunter may fly to the summit, whither the animal, on account of the unwieldiness of its body, cannot follow him fast. This precaution was neglected by Prince, who shot too soon, while they were yet at too great a distance, and the elephant on higher ground than himself and his companion. The wounded animal rushed down towards them, while they endeavoured to push their horses on, and gain the brow of the hill. Being able, on favourable ground, to run as fast as a horse, he soon came up with them, and struck with his tusk at Muller's thigh, he being the nearest of the two fugitives. Muller now considered his fate as inevitable, as he endeavoured in vain to set his almost exhausted horse into a gallop, and saw the animal, after giving a violent snort, raise his powerful trunk

above his head. It was not, however, on himself, but on his companion, that the stroke fell; and in an instant he saw him snatched from his horse, and thrown up into the air. Scarcely in his senses, he continued his flight, and only in some degree recovered himself by finding Prince's horse running by his side without a rider: then looking back, he saw his unfortunate friend on the ground, and the elephant, stamping upon him with the utmost fury. He was now convinced, not without the greatest astonishment, that the sagacious animal had distinguished which of the two it was who wounded him, and wreaked his whole vengeance upon him alone. Muller, on this, went in search of the rest of the party, that they might collect the mangled remains of their companion, and bury them; but they were soon put to flight by the elephant rushing again from a neighbouring thicket, to vent his wrath once more upon the corpse, already so dreadfully mangled. While he was busied in doing this, however, he was attacked by the dispersed hunters, and sacrificed to the manes of his unfortunate victim."

The contrivances for taking elephants are various; but the most curious are those employed by the natives of Ceylon, where the finest race of these animals is found. They sometimes surround the woods in bands, and drive, with lighted torches, and amid the clamour of trumpets, discharge of firearms, and noises of every description, the elephants which inhabit them, till they are at length entrapped into a particular spot surrounded with palisades, so as to prevent all escape. At other times a kind of decoy, or female elephant, is sent out in order to induce some of the males to pursue her, who are by that means secured. When a wild elephant is taken; it still remains to reduce it to a quiet state, and to tame it, in order to its being made useful: this is effected by throwing ropes round the legs and body, which are well secured; and two tame elephants, properly instructed, are placed on each

side. The captive animal finds himself gradually so fatigued by his ineffectual struggles, and so much soothed by the caresses occasionally given by the trunks of the tame elephants, by the food from time to time presented to him, and the water with which he is refreshed by its being poured over him, that in the space of a few days, unless more than usually untractable in his nature, he becomes completely tame, and is placed with the rest of the domesticated troop. Sometimes, in order more effectually to subdue them, the elephants are deprived of sleep for a considerable time.

The anecdotes recording the sagacity, and also the amiable qualities of the elephant, are numerous. Of these, the following are selected as highly interesting. In Delhi, an elephant passing along the streets, put his trunk into a tailor's shop, where several persons were at work. One of them pricked the end of the trunk with his needle; the beast passed on; but at the next dirty puddle filled his trunk with water, returned to the shop, and, spirting it among those who had offended him, spoiled their work. At Adsmeer, an elephant who often passed through the bazar, or market, as he went by a certain herb-woman, always received from her a mouthful of greens: at length he was seized with one of his periodical fits of rage, broke his fetters, and, running through the. market, put the crowd to flight, and, among others, this woman, who, in her haste, forgot a little child she had brought with her. The animal recollecting the spot where his benefactress was wont to sit, took up the infant gently with his trunk, and placed it in safety on a stall before a neighbouring house. At the same place, another elephant, in his madness, killed his cornac, or governor: the wife, witnessing the misfortune, took her two children and flung them before the elephant, saying: "now you have destroyed their father, you may as well put an end to their lives and mine." It instantly stopped, relented, took the eldest of the boys, placed him on

his neck, adopted him for his governor, and never afterwards would permit any other person to mount him. A painter was desirous of drawing the elephant kept in the menagerie at Verseilles in an uncommon attitude, namely, that of holding his trunk raised up in the air, with his mouth open. The painter's boy, in order to keep the animal in this posture, threw fruit into his mouth; but as the lad frequently deceived him, and made an offer only of throwing the fruit, he grew angry; and, as if he had known that the painter's intention of drawing him was the cause of the affront thus offered, instead of avenging himself on the lad, he turned his resentment on the master, and taking up a quantity of water in his trunk, threw it on the paper on which the painter was drawing, and spoiled it.

THE FAMILY ELM.

IN the village of Crawley there is an Elm of great size, in the hollow trunk of which a poor woman gave birth to an infant, and where she afterwards resided for a long time. The tree, which is a great curiosity, is still standing, but as the parish is not willing to be burdened with all the young elms that might be brought forth from the trunk of this singular tree, the lord of the manor has very wisely put up a door to the entrance of this new lying-in-hospital, which is kept locked, except upon particular occasions, when the neighbours meet to enjoy their pipe, and tell old tales in the cavity of the elm, which is capable of containing a party of more than a dozen. The interior of this tree is paved with bricks, and in other respects made comfortable for its temporary occupants.

SCULL OF RAPHAEL, THE PAINTER.

EVERY one has heard of the genius of Raphael; although, in England, we possess but little that is worthy of his great name, if we except the celebrated Cartoons, in Hampton Court palace. These productions alone would have immortalized the memory of Raphael, and led succeeding generations to cherish with sacred care so precious a relic as is represented in the above engraving.

The scull is preserved, beneath a glass case, in an apartment of the academy of St. Luke, at Rome, by a society of painters, sculptors, architects, and engravers. Here also is Raphael's famous picture of St. Luke painting the portrait of