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vigorously by the driver or when startled by the sudden belch of the engine,
They appear to have emotions and a definite loyality to their operators. The
job they are expected to do and they do it remarkably well requires a certain
degree of intelligence, particularly a good memory. They appear to -carry on
the entire process with little help but naturally I presume that every movement
is backed by a definite command or prompting. Nevertheless from superficial
observations it would appear as if they really knew their business and that their
actions were governed by a recognition of the situation at hand and accomplish-
ed without too much prompting. The operator spent most of their time in driving
the animals on to accentuated achiivity with yells and orders or with a slid
stroke with a stick. Some of the specific acts observed would indicate the
existence of that quality of confidence and particularly steadiness and sur-
eness in their handling of the logs. When a flat car is pushed into position
for loading one of the elephants will grasp the inclining loading poles in his
trunk and carefully adjust it into position wven in regard to the minor fiting .
of the terminal knotch at the endvof the pole. It seems so remarkable that such
a mammoth animal could place a small pole in such an exact position and with
such a perfect degree of steadiness nd exactness. After these two inclining
poles ( 8 inches by 10 feet) are in place the two elephants return to the larg~
er logs. A third stands by to assist or in turn keeps the logs coming fore-
ward into a position where the team of tso elephants can hoist them aboard.

The log is first put in position paralelling the flat car and at the base of the
inclining poles, and is accomplisheu in several different ways. The usual and
most effective wag is to slide the log foreward with the front foot pushing

, against the end and partically assisting
with the fully extended trunk. The Trunk

appears to be in jeapardy as if receiving

 

the full pressure of the p:sh out in real-

ity is only suffering enough to keep it ig