12 IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE. 



second enclosure, and cut off from the main body 

 of the herd, she kept running hither and thither, 

 pulling at the log partition between the two 

 pounds, and seemed likely to break her way 

 through, when Sanderson ordered in six more 

 koonkies a dozen in all to secure her. 



It was thought that with a dozen trained ele- 

 phants inside the enclosure there would be very 

 little danger from the wild ones, so the Prince and 

 Sanderson entered to get a nearer view. The 

 mahouts mounted on the necks of the tame 

 elephants are in perfect safety, as the wild ones 

 take not the slightest notice of them, being 

 apparently unaware that the little object on the 

 neck of their domesticated brethren is their real 

 source of danger. Should a rogue elephant (one 

 that has made its escape from captivity) be among 

 the captives, it at once attacks the mahout. The 

 vicious female had been close-hemmed in by the 

 tame elephants, and repeated unsuccessful attempts 

 had been made to hobble or lasso her But she 

 was a wary brute and with her trunk threw off 

 the lasso, and by swinging her hind legs backwards 

 and forwards prevented the hobbles being fixed. 

 The Prince was intently watching a young tusker 

 being dragged to a tree, when suddenly there went 

 up a shout, and the great female was seen to 

 break through the encircling tame ones and rush 

 straight in the d.rection of the Prince. Our hearts 

 were in our mouths ; some involuntarily closed 

 their eyes as if to shut out the sight of an Empire's 

 heir torn limb from limb or crushed out of human 



