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Mode of takiut: "'ild elephants. 



and eaten a little food with which he is supplied 

 by the hunters, a number of strong ropes are put 

 about his neck and body, and a couple of large 

 cables are fastened to two of tbe tame females, in 

 order to conduct him to a proper station. Every 

 thing being ready, and a passage cleared from 

 the jungle, the ropes that confined his legs are 

 taken off, and tbe tame elephants pull him for- 

 ward, while the people from behind urge him on. 

 Instead of advancing in the direction they wish, 

 lie exerts all his force to retreat into the jungle ; 

 tears up the earth with his tusks; utters the most 

 piteous groans; and sometimes bruises himself so 

 severely, that he does not survive his exertions 

 more than two or three days. In general, how- 

 ever, he becomes reconciled to his fate, and, if 

 necessary, may be conducted from the jungle as 

 soon as a passage is cleared. 



When brought to his destined station and pro- 

 perly secured, the captive elephant is treated 

 with a mixture of gentleness and seventy; and, 

 in a few months, he is expected to become tract- 

 able and submissive to his keeper. It is a singu- 

 lar fact, that though the goondah uses his utmost 

 exertions to disengage himself when taken, and 

 would infallibly kill any person who came within 

 his reach, yet he very seldom attempts to hurt 

 the females that have seduced him; but, on the 

 contrary, whenever they are brought near him, 

 lie seems pleased, and comforted lor tbe loss of 

 his liberty* 



