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THE ART OF TEAINING ANIMALS. 



r.nes trained for the purpose. The keddah being prepared, the 

 lU'st operation is to drive the elephants toward it, for which 

 ] purpose vast bodies of men fetch a compass in theforfest around 

 the haunts of the herds, contracting it by degrees till they com- 



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GROUND PLAN OF A CORRAL. 



plete the enclosure of a certain area, round which they kindle 

 fires, and cut footpaths through the jungle, to enable the watch- 

 ers to communicate and combine- All this is performed in cau- 

 tious silence and by slow approaches, to avoid alarming the 

 herd. A fresh circle nearer to the keddah is then formed in the 



METHOD OF FENCING A CORRAL. 



same way, and into this the elephants are admitted from ihe 

 first one,'^thL' hunters following from behind, and lighting new 

 fires around the newly enclosed space. Day after day the pro- 

 cess is repeated ; till the drove having been brought sufficiently 

 close to make the final rush, the whole party close in from all 



