Ephraim Enterprise | 1919-08-23 | Page 7 | Tuskless Elephants in Ceylon

r T s ess Elephants in Ceylon I An elephant without tusks seems al ah almost II 1 most moat Impossible yet In Ceylon the he thear ar male elephants have no na tusks at ut all nil t they have miserable little grubbers projecting two or three e Inches from the upper law Jaw aw and Inclining down- down Wards NothIng produces either ivory lor or horn in fine specimens throughout Ceylon Although some of ot the have ha vc tolerably fine heads they will not bear a comparison with tho those e of ot rhe the of ot other countries The horns horn native cattle are not above four Inches In length The elks elk's s and the spotted spotter deers deer's antlers are small compared with d deer er of their size In India This is Is themore the more singular as It Is evident from the geological formation that at ut some I remote period rInd Ceylon was not nol an Is Island Island island Is- Is land but formed a 0 portion of the mainland It Is that thUl thero must be be elements wanting In lathe the Ceylon Cey Cey- Ion lon pasturage for the formation of ot Ivory