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Contents. 



CHAPTER II. 



THE CAPTIVE. 



PAGE 



A night scene . . .121 

 Morning in the corral . ib. 



Preparations for securing the 



captives . . . .122 

 The "cooroowe," ornoosers ib. 

 The tame decoys . .123 



First captive tied up . .124 

 Singular conduct of the wild 



elephants . . .126 



Furious attempts of the herd 



to escape . . .127 



Courageous conduct of the 



natives . . . .128 



Variety of disposition exhi- 

 bited by the herd . . 131 

 Extraordinary contortions of 



the captives . . . ib. 



Water withdrawn from the 



stomach . . . -133 

 Instinct of the decoys . . ib. 

 Conduct of the noosers . 136 



CHAPTER III. 



TRAINING AND CONDUCT IN CAPTIVITY. 



Alleged superiority of the 

 Indian to the African ele- 

 phant — not tiiie 



Ditto of Ceylon elephant to 

 Indian .... 



Process of training in Ceylon 



Allowed to bathe 



Difference of disposition 



