The elephants : die Rüssel-Tiere, Proboscidea, Sslonn(u) : (a zoological mnemonic) / by Richard John Anderson.

  • Anderson, Richard John, 1848-1914.
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The elephants : die Rüssel-Tiere, Proboscidea, Sslonn(u) : (a zoological mnemonic) / by Richard John Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Whilst at rope dancing they showed bright, They could like Gladiators fight. (Pleasure was less dearly bought When Christians in Arena fought.) To play at ball or throw a stick, And catching such one must be quick, But elephants all this could do. Uncork a bottle, drink it too, Cymbals play with trunk and knees. Measuring melody with these ; x\nother saj's, I think he's wrong. That at ball playing Sslonns showed strong. Throwing balls to one another. Trunks did things that give us bother. iEhan says, which is still better, An elephant could form a letter. Figure shown, so that he knew it. Beast the chalk then took and drew it. Anguimanus, name for nose, Good title is you may suppose. The fifty thousand muscles here Can make the Snake hand's action freer. All sorts of tricks the Komans taught, Oft for their keepers pence were sought, The coin was rendered to the sneezer More gladly than was tax paid Ctesar. [Of course, you've noticed in our day, A blind man's dog gets help this way, But latter pence takes with his teeth. Or basket tied his head beneath.] Perhaps nought causes so much fear As barking dogs to Eiissel-Tier, The pigs again stand out confes.sed As beasts the elephants detest— 'Tis odd, considering their size. But triffles do distract the wise. The elephants will never tread On friends or foes, it has been said ;