336 THE ELEPHANT* 



of one herd. If the sword is good, and the man 

 not too timid, tlie tendon is in common entirely sepa- 

 rated ; and, if not cut through, is generally so 

 far divided that the animal, with the stress he puts 

 upon it, breaks the remaining part asunder. In 

 either case, he remains incapable of advancing a 

 step, till the horseman returning, or his companions 

 comino- up, pierce him through with javelins and 

 lances; he then falls to the ground, and expires 

 from loss of blood. — The Elephant being slain, they 

 cut his flesh into thongs, like the reins of a bridle, 

 and hang these, like festoons, upon the branches of 

 trees till they become perfectly dry, without salt, 

 and then lay them by for their provision in the 

 season of the rains. 



In one of these Elephant-huntings, Mr. Bruce 

 mentions a striking instance of affection in a young 

 one to its mother : " There now remained (says he) 

 but two Elephants of those that had been discover- 

 ed ; which were a she one with a calf. The Aga- 

 gecr would willingly have let these alone, as the 

 teeth of the female are very small, and the young 

 one is of no sort of value whatever. But the 

 hunters would not be limited in their sport. The 

 people having observed the place of her retreat, 

 tliither we eagerly followed. She was very soon 

 found, and as soon lamed by the Agagcers ; but 

 when they came to wound her with their darts, as 

 every one did in their turn, to our very great sur- 

 prize, the young one, which had been suffered to 

 escape imheeded and unpursued, rushed out from 

 the thicket, a])parently in great anger, and ran upon 



