// Hack around E not being a subtype of Comparable.
    // Unsafe, see ImmutableSortedMultisetFauxverideShim.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Ordering<E> naturalOrder = (Ordering<E>) Ordering.<Comparable<?>>natural();
    return copyOf(naturalOrder, elements);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted multiset containing the given elements sorted by their natural
   * ordering.
   *