...observed that tame elephants can wind wild ones at a distance of three miles when the wind is favorable. Each herd of elephants is a family in which the animals...of elephants the females with their calves form the advanced guard, while the tuskers follow leisurely behind, as the unencumbered tuskers have no one...

...authority. After describing the chief localities in which he gained his experience, he continues — ' Herds of elephants usually consist of from thirty...advanced-guard, whilst the tuskers follow leisurely behind, as the unencumbered tuskers have no one to see to but themselves. I have never known a case of a tusker...

...authority. After describing the chief localities in which he gained his experience, he continues — ' Herds of elephants usually consist of from thirty...female elephants, or young males, appear to find no difiiculty in obtaining admittance to herds. ' In a herd of elephants the females with their calves...

...usually consist of from thirty to fifty individuals, but much larger numbers, even one hundred, aro by no means uncommon. When large herds are in localities...Though the different herds do not intermix, escaped tamo female elephants, or young males, appear to find no difficulty in obtaining admittance to herds....

...this because I have frequently found such small assemblies close to one another. Sanderson says, " Each herd of elephants is a family in which the animals are nearly allied to each other." Blanford concurs with this statement in these words : " All members of a herd generally belong to the...

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...ones; consequently the guidance of a tusker would not suit them." Further, he clearly recognized that "each herd of elephants is a family in which the animals are nearly allied to each other." Even earlier, in 1856, the hunter James Chapman had noted in his diary (published in 1971) that the...