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. four Korles ; but is sometimes conferred as a separate office, by the King, 
upon another chief of rank, who is then called Kuruwe Lekam, and by 
inferiors, Kurwwe Desave. 
A Vidan is appointed by the Desave or Lekam over all the Auruwe 
people, and under him are three Kankans, who convey his orders to the 
people, viz. one for Paranakurua Korle, one for Galboda and Kindigoda 
Korle, and one for Beligal Korle respectively. 
Their duty consists in taking and taming wild elephants, and in keeping 
tame elephants committed to their charge. 
In the Kindigoda Korle are three villages, called Pannegam, of low caste 
people, under seven head men called Durayas. The Durayas erect the 
pantt or elephant stalls, and the people furnish fodder to the ele- 
phants. 
There are ten Galladdo, and under them two Patabendo, and thirteen 
Panikka in their respective villages, whose general and ordinary duty con- 
sists in taking care of decoy elephants. These are suffered to roam and pas- 
ture in the jungle with their hind legs loosely tied together, and are brought 
in by their keepers once in three or four days, and their legs being untied, are 
bathed for two or three hours in a pool, and then turned into the jungle with 
their legs coupled as before. 
When wild elephants are ordered to be caught, they collect the decoy 
elephants, and proceeding with them into the jungle, unite them with the 
herd ; and with the aid of the Panikkale mentioned below, drive them into 
the kraal and secure them, and tie them in the stall. 
There are besides, independent of the Galladdo, sixteen other Panikkale, 
who assist in driving the elephants into the traal and securing them ; and 
from the moment of tying them in the stall, undertake the sole charge of 
them, and tame them, which is usually accomplished in from six to twelve 
months. After taming, the tusked elephants are sometimes sent to Kandy, 
and sometimes remain in their custody ; the rest are usually delivered to the 
Galladdo ; and, occasionally, tusked elephants not caught in the four Korles 
are delivered to the charge of these Panikkale by the King’s order. 
When elephants are ordered to be caught, the Auruwe people are usually 
placed under the orders of the Desave, because the assistance of the des- 
avony people is required. 
A gala, or enclosure, is constructed by the people of the desavony, with 
piles from about eighteen to twenty-four inches in diameter and nine or ten 
