Feeding A Baby Elephant

In St. Nicholas F. Fitz Boy Dixon tells of a baby elephant that was captured by friends of hia in Ceylon, after the deathof itsinother. Mr. Dixon says: When Sidney was flrst brought over, virtually in order that she ïnight be fed, the question naturally arose as to how she would take her nourishment. Of course the proper way for an adult elephant to take in water is by means of the truuk, which is furnished with two tubes running its whole length. But when a bowl of milk was placed before the baby elephant she did not know what to do with it. She dipped the tip of her trunk into it, and the lookers on thought that there would be no difficulty about her drinking at all. since she recognized the scerit of the uourishment she had been accustomed to. But she was quite at a loss and set up a roar whieh seemed quite natural under the circumstances. Then soine one suggested pouriug it down her throat from a bottle, and this was accordmgly tried, and after one or two ineffectual attempts she uuderstood. She was half starved when this was done, for she had had nothing to eat since the death of her niother, and her delight at being fed was most amusing. Tlie only trouble was that it was difficult to satisfy her, and it was feared that the chauge of diet would disagree with her, but fortunately it had uo ill effect.