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PLATE I.
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AN IDEAL SPECIMEN OF A TIMBER-WORKING ELEPHANT.
Indications of enormous power in head and trunk ; neck short and thick ; stands well up at the shoulder ; sloping
down gradually behind ; short hind-limbs indicating great dragging power. Tusks and curve of back perfect.
Height about 7 feet 10 inches.
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| Description | "... a treatise on elephants". "The last edition of this book was published in 1901 ... The work has now been entirely rearranged."--Preface. Comprehensive work covering elephant appearance, general hygiene and care, gear, behaviour management, anatomy, non-infective and infective diseases, administration of medicines. Appendices list law cases, operations, age, breeding and surra. Many illustrations including photographs. |
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| Description | Volumes on surra in horses and camels, other diseases of camels, and a report on the 1864 cattle disease in Calcutta. Includes books about elephant health and disease and extensive information about husbandry and management of working elephants. |
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| Description | The Veterinary collection consists of 146 volumes dating from 1864 to 1959. Divided into veterinary diseases, colleges and laboratories and Civil Veterinary Departments. Extensive research on trypanosomiasis and rinderpest. Reports show how veterinary medicine controlled disease, maintained livestock and alleviated famine. They explore its effect on military and local communities. |
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| Description | The India Papers collection contains publications of the central (Imperial) Government and many Indian states. Most states came under British rule. Much of the collection dates from between the post-Mutiny re-organisation of the Indian Government and Indian Independence in 1947. Some items published in London by John Murray. |
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