The Ivory King

About this eBook

Author

Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915

Title

The ivory king : A popular history of the elephant and its allies

Credits

Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Elephants

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 66546

Release Date

October 15, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.THE IVORY KING. — CHAPTER I. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE ELEPHANT.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. HABITS AND WAYS OF ELEPHANTS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE ELEPHANT.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE MAMMOTH.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THREE AND FOUR TUSKED ELEPHANTS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. JUMBO ( See Plate VII. ).
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. HOW ASIATIC ELEPHANTS ARE CAPTURED ALIVE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. ASIATIC ELEPHANTS IN CAPTIVITY.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. HUNTING THE ASIATIC ELEPHANT.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. ELEPHANTS IN CEYLON. [7]
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. ROGUE ELEPHANTS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. HUNTING THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. BABY ELEPHANTS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. TRICK ELEPHANTS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. ELEPHANTS AND THEIR FRIENDS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. TUSKERS AT WORK.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. IVORY.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ARTS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. ELEPHANTS IN THE AMPHITHEATRE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE ELEPHANT IN PAGEANTRY.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. WAR ELEPHANTS OF MODERN ASIA.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. WAR ELEPHANTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. WAR ELEPHANTS OF THE ROMANS AND CARTHAGINIANS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. PROBOSCIDIAN FICTIONS.
30. 30.FOOTNOTES
31. 31.BIBLIOGRAPHY, Comprising a List of the Published Works relating to the Elephant.
32. 32.INDEX.

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