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Show An EUphaat'a TenerabU Age. The journal of Ceylon have recently mentioned the denth of an elephant that was well known on the island, and had been seen by several generation of Englishmen. En-glishmen. He was called Sello, and had belonged to the lastof the kingsof Kandy. He was one of the hundred elephants that was taken by the English government govern-ment in 1815, when the Kandyan dynasty was overthrown. At this epoch the elephant ele-phant was said to be 15 years old. If this is correct, he died a natural death at the age of 89 years. Boston Budget, |