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__ FRANK. LESLIE'S /NEW,-YORK JOURNAL, _ :
i ] . ...| The specimens, during the, passage to England, re-| take an interest in the zoology of different latitudes
|Tuz pair of animals’ portrayed ‘upon’ this’ page | cognised such persons as were kind to them ;' they | will be glad to discover a fresh instance of the mar-
were'captured on the Island of Desolation, south of | did not eat throughout the voyage.’ °°’ '«'“: | vellous instinct with which those gigantic animals
the Cape ‘of Good' Hope; when. caught, they were |?" 098) f= 8c 2) eee | ave endowed. > * Major had a splendid ele-
between four and five weeks old; at thirteen weeks, ©’ Extraordinary Deatal Operation. » - + | phant, of a most extraordinary temper; no one save
they‘ weighed‘ nearly three hundred’ weight > each; | Perwaps few animals in the vast creation of God| its keeper and the Major's little boy, of six years
but the Elephant Seal, when full grown, sometimes | manifest more ‘remarkable attachment to man than| old, could approach it with :mpunity.’. The keeper
weighs five tons, and upwards; hence. its name, ‘as | does the mighty elephant; its sagacity is wonderful, | one day rercarked that the poor creature looked ill,
well‘as'from the “oo Uf hoe aa Bene go ad oar yg! Leper beat its head a-
Se eo
:_ ‘Sea Elephants,” or Elephant Seals.
wor >
- long, ‘this .enor- °
short’ / proboscis
with which’ the ‘
full-grown” male ,-
is provided.’ Mr,
Lizars “ remarks :’ |. ~
«Compared with
any ordinary seal; |”
three or four feet
pared to a sheep.”
When a flock re-
pose onthe shore,
some of them keep *
watch,” and,’ if
alarmed, down to _
the ‘sea they go.
Their gait is very,’
singular; . | their.
motion being, a
y
kind of crawling, |’
during _ “which .:
their. body trem-" ,
bles, like'a great. *
bag of jelly, “At ,
the end,of the |
third’ year, ‘they ,|
are stated to attain
a length of from
18 to 265 feet; and.”
upwards, : when
theyincrease prin-
cipally in fatness.
| Weddell, in his °
«Voyage towards , ;.
the South: Pole.”
says! “It is curi-
ous to remark that
the Sea Elephant, :'
when lyingwn the «:
shore, and threat- 7: /
ened with’ death, -
will’ often make *:.
no effort to escape’ *
into: the « water, > +
but: lie still and =!
shed * tears,’ only *!: ;
raising * its’ head ’
to look at the as-
sailants; and tho’ »-
very ‘timid, will | -
wait with compo- *:
sure the club or’ <
the ‘lance which ‘-
takes its life! «In: :
close’ *: contact, **’
every: human ef.)
fort: would be: of * 't°
little avail for the 1° <
destruction of this
animal, unwieldy’
as it is, were it'to
rush forward and
exeit’ the power
of its ‘jaws; for
this’ is so7enor- ! *-
mous, that, in the
agonies of death, ‘+ +
stones are ground
to powder in its,
teeth.
| The. . Elephant
ever, .a, harmless
race, never attack. ..< »,
ing man unlessin . 5
defence of them- |.
selves. and ‘their _
young.: One: of. ,
Anson’s ._ sailors
fn > ut
Seals. are, how-...,...
. . Pa ey - St ah. Sees
lost: his life by exasperating a mother, in. whose, and a,tendency to stro
Hd] ‘,
uy .
ng likings, und contrariwise
presence he skinned her young one, .: But their dis- | antipathies, is a striking feature in :the hi f
position is affectionate and gentle; and a young one, | this ‘noble animal. » An’ anecdote of. a very kine
petted by an English seaman, became go attached to| elephant, in. the. possession of an English officer at
is master from kind treatment for a-few months,
that, it would come to his call, gllow, him to. mount | authority, and we give i :
it ‘ Y, . give it to our readers nearly yer<
upon its back, and put his hands jnto its mouth. | batim as it was told us, in the belief that those who
Lo rete
Calcutta, was related to us on perfectly credible | -
i
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gainst its, house,
-* and refused food.
>», Askilful surgeon,
belonging to the
~: Major's regiment,
~ being asked:! to
os look at the suffer-
ing ‘creature, did
“so, and pronounc-
“ed 'that a decayed
tooth was the ori-
Ji © gin of its suffer-
-i +*ing;: then came
the question how
“sit could« be’ ex-
»" +traeted ? We think
Cartwright: him-
' self-would have
“been puzzled, had
such a case come
* under his cogniz-
“ance. At last itwas
sugyested that a
~ *" sharp instrument,
«J like a carpenter's
chisel,! must «be
‘ ~ obtained ; the ele-
‘“phant ‘was made
to lie down, anda
firm mallet, wield-
ed ‘by a ‘strong
- > ‘hand, ‘urged’ the
“ chisel under the
’ “root of ‘the tooth,
_., and‘ thus split’ it
“* out. \' The saga-
cious creature was
“soon laid down,
_; but at® the first
blow of the mal-
Jet on the chisel
it arose ‘in anger,
its ¢.bellowings
‘ringing, fearfully
through the en-
closure, . What
was tobe done?
‘Little Massa sit
upon his head,’
said the ; keeper ;
and, nothing loth,
) €little Massa? got
j upon the head of ;
;. his: favorite, the *
(-/mallet and chisel
‘s-went to work,
and, although the
groanings ‘of the
} as. <1 Poor, fellow .were
,,; touching to ,hear,.
at the’ end of a
,» quarter ofan hour
-, the, huge tooth
5. yielded to, ’, the
stalwart. efforts of.
:,, the operator, , Lit-. ,
v.tle . Massa:, dis-
. mounted from his
“throne, , and . the
elephant, . -, freed ;
) from its agonising
, tormentor, evinc-
ed his joy by tak-
ing up: his. liutle
, favorite and plac-»
ing him: on this.
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» back.” For aught)
«,iwe know to the «
Contrary, the sa- :
, gacious «. creature :
is still alive; and:7
the little boy, who i:
~ ants betes
sat switch in hand to chastise the slightest move-:*
ment of the head, while the surgical operation was
going- on, -still possesses
cleverly extracted.
tata et
' +
2% Ch 7 eee ted é
| Tuoven authority be a'stubborn bear, yet he is
oft Jed by the nose with gold. :;) 3:5 <0) ah ytasile
the offending «i 7
_the offending ‘ivory: £0”
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