9i 



XI. Tlic raaliouts should always travel in tlio truck with their 

 elephants and should re-assure thcni by their voices and giva 

 them favourite food ; but they should not go where the elephant 

 could accidentally injure them if frightened. 



XII. AVhen three or four elephants have been embarked, the 

 trucks should be quietly run out of the loading shed by hand; 

 and another batch of elephants brought in, and so on. 



XIII. Care should be taken to alarm the elephants as little as 

 possible at first, and the train should be quietly and carefully 

 started, without unnecessary whistling or other noise. 



XIV. On the journey elephants should have abundance of some 

 foi-age which they like, and they should be frequently supplied 

 with water at halts. They should also have water poured over 

 them. To enable the animals to drink, care should be taken not to 

 place the rear bar too close, nor to shorten the collar chain too 

 much, or the elephant will be unable to raise its head sufficiently. 



XV. Before elephants have to travel by rail, it would appear 

 to be a safe precaution to starve them for a few hours, as animals 

 distend with food would probably be more liable to rupture or 

 other internal injury, should they struggle much. 



XVI. When disembarking, the same precautions should be 

 taken as when embarking, all fastenings being removed in reverse 

 order to that in which they were secured. 



VL V. S. (1st CI.) E. Frost has experimented as to the effects 

 of "Anthrax vaccination" according to Pasteur's method on 

 Forest Department elephants in British Burma. His results are 

 encouraging but not conclusive. 



