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Phil Transact. 1799. p. 206. Mr. Corse

The elephants decrease in size beyond the Tropics so that in contracts it is part of Bargain that they are to be caught South of certain latitude — They are found in 29°

[Natural selection, p. 119: "48/Indian Elephants. Dr Falconer who has had great experience in Elephants, & who has seen as many as 1200 at a fair, informs me that they differ considerably, more than horses of the same breed, in size, general proportions, manner of carrying the head, form of tusks, shape of feet & in the absence of the nail on one toe: Mr Corse has given a nearly similar account2 & says that the different castes have their proper names. In the Ayeen Akbery, written about the year 1600, four kinds of Elephants are specified. Most of these differences probably come under our class of merely individual differences; but both Dr. Falconer & Mr. Corse believe that some of the breeds inhabit different, adjoining districts; & animals which are thought to be cross‐bred, are occasionally caught.
2 Philosoph. Transacts 1799 p. 206."]