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third female, and put a flight cord (the Chilkah *) round hi* 

 hind legs : fhould he move, it is eafily broken ; in which 

 cafe, if he takes no notice of this flight confinement, nor ap- 

 pears fufpicious of what was going forward, the hunters 

 then proceed to tie his legs with a ftrong cord (called Bun- 

 dah f), which is paffed alternately, by means of a forked ftick 

 and a kind of hook, from one leg to the other, forming the 

 figure of 8: and as thefe ropes are fhort, for the convenience 

 of being more readilv put around his legs, 6 or 8 are gene- 

 rally employed, and thev are made faft by another cord (the 

 Daugbearee X), which is paffed a few turns perpendicularly 

 between his legs, where the folds of the Bundahs interfect 

 each other. A ftrong cable (the Phand §) with a running 

 noofe, 6o cubits long, is next put round each hind leg imme- 

 diately above the Bundahs, and again above them, 6 or 8 

 additional Bundahs, according to the lize of the elephant, 

 are made faft, in the fame manner as the others were : the 

 putting on thefe ropes generally takes up about 20 minutes, 

 during which the utrnoft iilence is obferved, and the Ma- " 

 notes, who keep flat upon the necks of the females, are co- 

 yered with dark coloured cloths, which fervc to keep them 

 warm, and at the fame time do not attract the notice of the 

 elephant. While the people are bufily employed in tying 



* Chiika — is a very flight foft cord, which the hunters at firft put 

 around the h ; nd-legs of a G<»ondah, before they- begin to tic him : thib is 

 ret v.fed for Kcddah elephants, 



f Bundah — a middle-fued cord, fix or tight cubits long, which is put 

 round either the hind or fore legs of elephants, in order to ftcure them. 

 From ten to twenty are empl iyed. 



J Daugbearee — is-gcneralk- a continuation of every fecond Bundah that 

 Is put on, a few turns of which are paffed round, where the folds of the 

 Bundahs interktl each other, in order to fatten and keep thtin firm. 

 When the Bundah is nor long enough, another cord is made ufe of. 



and — is a cable nearly the fame fizc as theDot.4, the noofc of which 



round ezch leg of the Gor.udahs, and then it is tie J to trees orftab.s. 



The Phands, ufed for the Keddah elephants, are only about thirty cubws 



