Show haw thi LI 11 elphant bibe bleeda pa one of tile the most erron erroneous coul of I 1 life lie many queer ideas which tile the it ainar nian has on questions of natural history Is the one respecting the elephants mode of sleeping ei eun t n the old school of natu racists declared that the elephant had never been known to sleep except in a standing position of 0 late however say say within life patt century it chivi hn been learned lerned that the error came about by persons persone studying cludy in the liable of such buch beasts as had not ticen long in captivity such stich anlin als when undergoing the process of italic hac bt licit en known to elgh eighteen teenor or e en twenty four months without once lying down to sleep I 1 his if Is regarded its as a want of jl ID their keeper coupled with a desire for or liberty when elephants are arc at pi cage and to their fate they will lie down on oil their sides and ailep fis all other beasts do |