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six or eight thousand men, with fire-arms, drums, 

 trumpets, fire-works, and, in short, any thing that 

 can intimidate the herd. The whole body move 

 slowly towards the funnel, in which is strewed a 

 small quantity of those fruits and vegetables in 

 which Elephants delight, such as plantains, sugar 

 canes, &c. Many days are frequently required to 

 drive a herd, and sometimes the Elephants are 

 driven thirty or forty miles. The circle is gradu- 

 ally narrowed as the funnel is approached, and 

 when fairly within, the funnel itself forms a part 

 of the circle. They begin to taste some of their 

 favourite foods, which being quickly consumed, 

 some by degrees venture into the keddah itself. 

 The example is soon followed, and but little 

 coercion is required now to urge the whole within 

 the paling, which is then secured with strong 

 bars. 



At one period, the manner of subjection, after 

 the animals weYe thus enclosed, was by starvation, 

 binding their legs with strong ropes, and gradually 

 accustoming them to the individual who was 

 afterwards to have them in charge. It has, how- 

 ever, been found to be much more advantageous 

 to entice them by kindness ; by this treatment, 

 they are sooner subjected, and are not liable to be 

 rendered useless from the cutting wounds inflicted 

 by the ropes with which they were bound, and 

 which, in a warm climate, ulcerated to an immense 

 xtent, and often proved fatal. When in a proper 



