1.38 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Account of elephants that have been retaken. 



his feet in ; who seated himself in the usual man- 

 ner, and drove her about the inclosure. After 

 this he ordered her to lie down, which she in- 

 stantly did ; nor did she rise till she was desired. 

 He fed her from his seat, gave her his stick to 

 hold, which she took with her trunk, and put 

 into her mouth, kept, and then returned it as she 

 was directed, and as she had formerly heen ac- 

 customed to do. In short, she was so obedient, 

 that had there been more wild elephants in the 

 inclosure, she would have been useful in securing 

 them. 



" In June 1787, a male elephant, taken the 

 year before, was travelling, in company with 

 some others, towards Chittigong, laden with bag- 

 gage ; and having come upon a tiger's track, 

 which elephants readily discover by the scent, he 

 took fright and ran off to the woods, in spite of 

 all the efforts of his driver. On entering the 

 wo6d, the driver saved himself by springing from 

 the animal and clinging to the branch of a tree 

 under which he was passing. When the ele- 

 phant had got rid of his driver, he soon con- 

 trived to shake off his load. As soon as he ran 

 away, a trained female was dispatched after him, 

 but could not get up in time to prevent his 

 escape. 



" About eighteen months afterwards, when a 

 herd of elephants had been taken, and had re- 

 mained several days in the inclosure, till they 

 were enticed into the outlet, there tied, and kd 



