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Show Tuskless Elephants in Ceylon An elephant without tusks seems almost al-most Impossible, yet In Ceylon the male elephants have no tusks at all; they have miserable little grubbers projecting two or three Inches from the upper Jaw and Inclining downwards. down-wards. Nothing produces either Ivory or horn In fine specimens throughout Ceylon. Although some of the buffaloes buffa-loes have tolerably fine heads, they will not bear a comparison with those of other countries. The horns of the native cattle are not ubove four Inches In length. The elk's and the spotted deer's antlers are small compared with deer of their size In India. Tills Is the more singular, as It is evident from the geological formation that at some remote period Ceylon was not an Island, Is-land, but formed a portion of the mainland. It Is thougnt thai there must be elements wanting In the Ceylon Cey-lon pasturage for the formation of Ivory. |