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¹ The elephant is a general favourite in the animal legends. Cf. *Feer* in JA., 1895, s. 9, t. V, 31 ff., 189 ff. and *Foucher* on the Chaddanta Jātaka (No. 514) in Mélanges Lévi, pp. 231 ff. Jātaka commentary (*e.g.* Nos. 515, 528, 529) it is expressly stated that the Lord told the story with reference to one of the "perfections." In other instances (*e.g.* Nos. 407, 547) the hero is clearly presented as the Bodhisatta endowed with the "perfections." Cf. *Rhys Davids, JRAS.*, 1913, pp. 482 f.