Chap. IY.] AN ELEPHANT CORRAL. 349 



which hes on some old and frequented route of the 

 animals, in their periodical migrations in search of 

 forage and water ; and the \'icinity of a stream is indis- 

 pensable, not only for the supply of the elephants during 

 the time spent in inducing them to approach the enclo- 

 sure, but to enable them to bathe and cool themselves 

 throughout the process of training after the capture. 



In constructing the corral itself, care is taken to 

 avoid disturbino; the trees or the brushwood within the 

 included space, and especially on the side by which the 

 elephants are to approach, where it is essential to con- 

 ceal the stockade as much as possible by the density of 

 the foliage. The trees used in the structure are from 

 ten to twelve inches in diameter ; and are sunk about 

 three feet in the earth, so as to leave a length of from 

 twelve to fifteen feet above ground ; with spaces between 

 each stanchion sufficiently wide to permit a man to glide 

 through. The uprights are made fast by transverse 

 beams, to which they are lashed securely with ratans and 

 flexible chmbing plants, or as they are called "jungle 

 ropes," and the whole is steadied by means of forked 

 supports, which grasp the tie beams, and prevent the 

 work from being driven outward by the rush of the wild 

 elephants. 



OROUND PLAN OP A CORRAL, AND METHOD OF FENCING IT. 



The space thus enclosed on the occasion I am now 

 attempting to describe, was about 500 feet in length 



