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ropes, she was then tethered to a tree. The natives 

 next applied for assistance to the magistrate at 

 Chittagong ; Captain Hood and Mr. H. W. Wickes 

 came to the rescue with eight elephants, after a 

 tough march of sixteen hours. Terrified at the 

 sight of the rhinoceros, all the elephants bolted 

 forthwith ; but, having been rounded up again, a 

 leg of the captive was made fast to an elephant. 

 At this critical moment, the rhinoceros unluckily 

 gave a roar, upon which the chicken-hearted 

 elephant again made off; had not the rope slipped 

 the limb would probably have been torn out of its 

 socket. Finally, the rhinoceros, roped securely 

 amongst the elephants, was marched off towards 

 Chittagong. She had sometimes half a mile of 

 people trailing after her, the journey being almost a 

 royal progress ; thousands of natives thronged the 

 route, even breaking down the bamboo bridges 

 with their numbers. The rhinoceros had to cross 

 two rivers ; but nevertheless safely arrived at 

 Chittagong, where she was freed from the ropes and 

 turned into a stockade. A bath and a covered shed 

 were provided, and the animal soon became very 

 tame, feeding from the hand. In November, 1871, 

 " Begum " was purchased by Mr. W. Jamrach, and 

 was sold by him to the Zoological Society for 

 ,1,250, arriving in England on Febuary 15, 1871. 

 Safely lodged in the elephant house in Regent's 

 Park, the new animal was presently seen to be quite 



