J30 THE ELEPHANT. 



is Still left. The Koomkees pull him forward ; 

 sometimes, however, not without much struggling 

 and violence on his part. When brought to his 

 proper station, and made fast, he is treated with a 

 mixture of severity and gentleness ; and generally in 

 a few months becomes tractable, and appears per- 

 fectly reconciled to his fate. — Jt seems somewhat 

 extraordinary, that though the animal uses his utmost 

 force to disengage himself when taken, and would 

 kill any person coming within his reach, yet he 

 seldom or never attempts to hurt the females 

 that have ensnared him ; but, on the contrary, 

 seems (as often as they are brought near, in order to 

 adjust his harnessing, or move and slacken those 

 ropes which gall him) pleased, soothed, and con- 

 soled by them, as it were, for the loss of his liberty. 

 The mode, of securing a herd of wild Elephants, 

 is very different from that adopted in taking a sin- 

 gle male, and the process is much more tedious. 



When a herd, which generally consists of from 

 about forty to a hundred, is discovered, about five 

 hundred people are employed to surround it. By 

 means of hre and noises, they in the course of some 

 days arc able to drive them to the place where they 

 are to be secured. This is called the Keddah. It 

 consists of three inclosures, communicating with 

 each other by means of narrow openings or gateways. 

 The outer one is the largest, the middle generally 

 the next in size, and the third or furthermost the 

 smallest. Wlien the animals arrive near the first 

 inclosurc, (the palisadoes and two gates of which 

 are as much as possible disguised with branches of 



