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Elephants Show Noted Minds and First Americas Import
Elephants are praised for intelligence and memory with accounts of careful senses and reasoning. The piece describes leadership behavior in wild herds, experiences in circuses, and the 1798 import of Old Bet the first elephant in America, its sale price, exhibitions in Philadelphia and New York, and the growth of a traveling zoological caravan. It notes later elephants such as the Second Old Bet and Mogal arriving in the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pon Yon
Conklin
Jumbo
America
Old Bet
Crowningshield
Philadelphia
Europe
New York
Boston
Putnam County
N. Y
Ludwig Bistadler
York
Zoological Institute
Pawtucket
R. L
Institute
Mogal
Royal