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as to tine gear vsed in British Burma for weight dragging, whicli 

 is entirely a native production. The dragging band is made of 

 bark as being the cheapest material and always procurable. The 

 saddle is in the form of two X connected together with cross 

 sticks under which hides are placed and sometimes pads, but still 

 the weight of the log which is being drawn causes the saddle to 

 squeeze the back. He suggests as a useful modification that a 

 saddle tree to fit the back be used over pads, also he recommends 

 plaits for tying the saddle and hides instead of ropes. 



The spear used by the elephant drivers is called Anhuss, Een- 

 door Kookee, or Guz-baz. The Guz-baz is a heavy goad of iron, 

 but the Kookee, a light iron hook fitted horizontally on a stick 2 

 feet long, suffices for ordinary purposes, it is often resorted to 

 most cruelly as we shall have to note hereafter when treating of 

 diseases of the head.* It should be applied only behind the ear. 

 A jhool of some thickness is most valuable as a protector from 

 cold at nights and from heat during the day — sometimes the 

 jhool is worn over the equipment, under the load. In the rainy 

 season it is very necessary and is to be covered with a paulin 

 while the rain is falling (Para. 1788, C. C. of 1882). One spare 

 elephant in ten will be found sufficient in the performance of 

 ordinary duties. 



In accordance with Para. 1681, C. Code of 1882, a descriptive 

 register of all Government Elephants is to be kept at every sta- 

 tion showing their names, age, sex, height, blemishes, temper, 

 tusks, value, and when and whence originally obtained. 



The art of elephant driving is decidedly a speciality — many 

 of the movements of the animal which seem to be spontaneous 

 are the result of scarcely perceptible hints from the driver, who 

 occupies a special seat on a cloth above the neck supporting 

 himself by two rope stirrups, Kellawas. Sanderson informs us 

 that the so-called " decoy" elephants act entirely under the com- 

 mand of their riders. He also gives a description of the method 

 of training at present adopted : — " The new elephants are first 

 tied between two trees, and are rubbed down by a number of men 



* In animals which are apt to run away either as a vice or frightened by. 

 jungle fires (which sound like file firing), the Andoos, an iron fetter of 3 

 joints with spikes on the inside of it, may be put on foreleg ; a rope runs 

 from it which should bo held by the mahout. 



