THE SECOND VOLUME. 



XI 



CHAP. V. 



THE CAPTIVES. 



Page 



A night scene 355 



^Morning in the corral . . . 356 

 Preparations for securing the cap- 

 tives 357 



The " cooroowe," or noosers . . 357 

 The tame decoys .... 357 

 First captive tied up . . . . 358 

 Singular conduct of the wikl ele- 

 phants 359 



Furious attempts of the herd to 



escape 360 



Courageous conduct of the natives . 360 

 Variety of disposition exhibited by 

 the herd ...... 363 



Extraordinary contortions of the cap- 

 tives ...... 363 



Water withdraTvn from the stomach . 365 

 Instinct of the decoj's . . . 365 

 Conduct of the noosers . . . 367 

 The young ones and their actions . 368 

 Noosing a " rogue," and his death . 369 

 Instinct of flies in search cf carrion 



(note) 370 



Strange scene 3/1 



A second herd captured . . . 372 

 Their treatment of a solitarj' ele- 

 phant 373 



A magnificent female elephant . . 373 

 Her extraordinary attitudes . . 373 

 Taking the captives out of the corral 376 

 Their subsequent treatment and train- 

 ing 376 



Grandeur of the scene . . . 376 

 Story of young pet elephant . . 377 



CHAP. VI. 



CONDUCT IN CAPTIVITY. 



Page 

 Alleged superiority of the Indian to 



the African elephant — not true . 378 

 Ditto of Ceylon elephant to Indian . 379 

 Process of training in Ceylon . . 382 

 Allowed to bathe . . . .383 

 Difference of disposition . . . 384 

 Sudden death of " broken heart " . 385 

 First employment treading clay . 386 

 Drawing a waggon .... 386 

 Dragging timber .... 387 

 Sagacity in labour .... 387 

 Mode of raising stones . . . 387 

 Strength in throwing down trees 



exaggerated 388 



Piling timber 389 



Not uniform in habits of work . . 389 

 Lazy if not watched .... 390 

 Obedience to keeper from affection 



not fear 390 



Change of keeper — storj- of child 390-391 

 Ear for sounds and music . . . 391 

 Hurra! .... (jiote) 391 



Docility 392 



Working elephants, delicate . . 393 

 Deaths in government stud . . 39-t 



Diseases 395 



Question of the value of labour of an 



elephant ..... 395 



Food in captivity, and cost . . 395 

 Breed in captivity .... 397 



Age 398 



No dead elephants found . . . 399 



Sindbad's story 400 



Passage from xElian . . . .401 



PART IX. 



THE NORTHERN FORESTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



FOREST TRAVELLING IX CETLON. 



The ancient province of Pihiti . . 407 

 Little known to Europeans . . 407 

 Coco-nut plantations on the coast . 409 

 Difliculty of travellers regarding pro- 

 visions 410 



Their dependence on game . .411 



Water 411 



Method of purifying it by a nut . 411 



Roads and forest-paths . . .412 

 Solitude of the forest . . . . 413 

 Scarcity of animals in its depths . 413 

 Mode of crossing rivers . . . 413 

 Arrangement of a day's march . . 414 



CHAP. n. 



BINTENNE — THE JIAIIAWELLI-GANOA — 

 THE ANCIENT TANKS. 



Scenery of the Mahawclli-ganga . 415 

 Chalybeate streams .... 410 



Gonnegamme and the 5Iaha-oya . 416 

 Singhalese torches .... 417 

 The Cinnamon River . . . 417 



The Ooma-oj'a 417 



Elephants swimming . . .418 



Elfccts of rain on the rivers . .418 

 Paiigrayamme . . . . .418 



liintenne and its antiquities . 419-420 

 Tlie "Maagrammum" of Ptolemy . 420 

 Its ancient dagoba .... 421 



The town 421 



The Mahawelli-ganga . . . 422 

 Exploration of its capabilities for na- 

 vigation ...... 423 



Effects of its diversion into the Vergel 424 

 Mr. Brookes's ascent of the river . 424 

 Possibility of rendering it navigable 426 

 The residence of a chief . . . 427 



His family 428 



Polyamlry and its origin . . . 428 

 Its "prevalence in India . . . 429 

 And among the ancient Britons (^note) 429 

 The ruined tank of llorra-bora . . 430 



