1Z _ Method of Catching Wild Elephants. 



per places, without any rifk of the noofes of the Dools be- 

 coming tight, fo as to endanger the life of the elephant in 

 his exertions to free himfelf. The ends of thefe cables are 

 made fa ft to two Koomkees, one on each fide of the Goon- 

 dab, by a couple of turns round the belly, clofe to the fiioul- 

 der, like a girth, where a turn is made, and it is then carried 

 .icrofs the cheft and fattened to the girth on the oppofite fide. 

 Every thing being now ready, and a pafTage cleared from 

 the jungle, all the ropes are taken from his legs, and only the 

 To&man remains round his buttocks to confine the motion of 

 his hind legs : the Koomkccs pull him forward bv the Dools, 

 and the people from behind urge him on. Inftead of ad- 

 vancing in the direction they wifih, he attempts to retreat 

 farther into the jungle ; he exerts all his force, falls down and 

 tears the earth with his tufks, fcreaming and groaning, and 

 by his violent exertions often hurts and brurfes himfelf very 

 much ; and initanccs happen of their furviving thefe violent 

 exertions only a few hours, or at moft a few days. In ge- 

 neral, however, they foon become reconciled to their fate, 

 will eat immediatelv after they are taken, and, if necefTary, 

 n:av be conducted from the verge of the jungle as foon as a 

 paffage is cleared. When the elephant is brought to his 

 proper itation and made faft, he is treated with a mixture 

 of feverity and gentlenefs, and in a few months (if docile) 

 he becomes tractable, and appears perfectly reconciled to his- 

 fate. It appears fomewhat extraordinary, that though the 

 Goondah ufes his utmoft force to difengage himfelf when 

 taken, and would kill any perfon coming within his reach, 

 yet he never or at leaft feldom attempts to hurt the female^ 

 that have enfnared him, but on the contrary fcems pleafed 



ften as they are brought near, in order to adjuft his 

 harneffing, or move anduacken thofe ropes which gall him), 

 Toothed and comforted by them, as it were, for the lofs oi 



' crtv. All the elephants, foon after they are taken, are 



led out occafionally for exerciic by the Koomkccs, which 



attend for that purpdfe, 



[To be concluded in our next. 



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