Wild Elephant Abounds, G.p. Sanderson — Indian Elephants
1868 • Madras
"The wild elephant abounds in most the large forests of India, from the foot of the Himalayas to the extreme south, and throughout the peninsula to the east of the Bay of Bengal—viz., Chittagong, Burmah, and Siam... Herds of elephants usually consist of from thirty to fifty individuals, but much larger numbers, even one hundred, are by no means uncommon.”
Sanderson, G. P. Thirteen Years among the Wild Beasts of India: Their Haunts and Habits from Personal Observations ; with an Account of the Modes and Capturing and Taming Elephants. London: W.H. Allen, 1879. 48-49. Print.
Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Asiatic Elephant." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-42c4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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