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Mode of taking wild elephants. 



dance, on the tame elephants, accompanied by a 

 number of people, who, as soon as the goondah 

 passes near a stout tree, make a few turns of the 

 long cables that are trailing behind him around 

 his trunk : his progress being thus impeded, he 

 becomes outrageous, exerting his utmost force to 

 disengage himself, and sometimes goring the 

 earth with his tusks. If, by these exertions, the 

 ropes are broken, and he escapes into the jungle, 

 the hunters dare not follow, lest they should be 

 attacked by the other wild elephants; but if the 

 cables prove sufficiently strong, and the animal 

 exhausts himself by his fruitless endeavours, the 

 females are again brought near and placed in 

 their former positions. After getting the goon- 

 dah nearer the tree, the hunters carry the ends 

 of the long cables around his legs, and then 

 about the trunk of the tree, making two or three 

 turns, so as to prevent even the possibility of his 

 escape. For still greater security, his fore-legs 

 are tied in the same manner that the hind-legs 

 were, and the cords which have been placed 

 above the bundahs are made fast on each side, to 

 trees, or stakes driven deep into the earth. Dur- 

 ing the process of tying his legs, the people em- 

 ployed cautiously avoid going within reach of 

 his trunk ; and if he attempt to seize them, they 

 either retreat to the opposite side of the females, 

 or get upon them by means of the above-men- 

 tioned rope. 



When the goondah has become rather settled, 



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