mpact nor so strong,
and his trunk is short and slender in proportion to his height. He
travels faster, however; and for this reason is oftener employed in the
chase.

A cross between these two varieties is called a Sunkareah, which
signifies a mixed breed or mule; and in a herd of elephants there will
be found not only sunkareahs, but several varieties of cross breeds
between the koomareahs and merghees. These "mules" are prized if they
partake more of the nature of the princely caste, and less valued when
nearer to the merghee.

In addition to these distinctions, another very important one is found
in the size and shape of the teeth. The Dauntelah is one with very
large teeth, in opposition to the Mookna, in which the tusks are of
small dimensions, and scarcely visible outside the mouth. The Europeans
prefer elephants of the mookna variety, as these are of milder
disposition than the dauntelahs; but the natives prize the large-toothed
kinds, taking the chance of being able to tame them to submission.
There are many degrees between the mookna and dauntelah, founded on the
form of the tusks. Those of the Pullung-daunt project forward with an
almost horizontal curve, while the straight tusks of the mooknas point
directly downwards. Nearly a dozen varieties or breeds are thus
established among the elephants of India that are held in a state of
domestication.

White elephants are also met with, and are highly prized by the rajahs
and wealthy nobles. These are mere varieties, produced by albinism, and
may belong to any of the castes already described.

It has been further ascertained that the elephants of different Indian
countries vary a good deal in point of size. Those from the southern
districts, and some of the larger islands, are larger and stronger than
the elephants of Nepaul and other mountain countries in the north. The
finest are those of Cochin China and the Burmese territories of Pegu,
while those of Ceylon are even superior to the kinds indigenous to
Northern India.

The African elephants are said also to be larger as they dwell nearer to
the Equator; and from this it would appear that the elephant is
essentially a tropical animal, and thrives best in the climate of the
torrid zone.

The Asiatic elephant is found wild as well as domesticated in nearly all
the Indian countries, as also in many of the large islands. Its range
northward is bounded by the lower hills of the Himalayas; and among