4.0 MANTRA GAJAH. 



from the Datohs Sri Adika Raja of Ulu Perak, Toh Kalaung 

 and Toh Kalalang, to Toh Muda Abdulrauf and from him to 

 the present day. 



APPENDIX I. 



The Malay system of Elephant Catching 



and Training. 



The method of taking a herd of elephants is probably com- 

 mon to all countries : in a place frequently visited by a herd the 

 Malays build an enclosure either of timber, (when it is called a 

 kubu) or strengthened by earth work (when it is called a pendiat). 

 It is protected by a deep and wide ditch. Long wings of fallen 

 logs lead the way into the gate of the enclosure, which is 

 known as the "smaller enclosure." All round an area of some 

 miles of the forest in front of this enclosure a line is cleared, 

 and in it little erections of a few branches and palm leaves are 

 built in the trees at regular intervals. As soon as the herd has 

 entered the circumscribed area, which is known as the "larger 

 enclosure" men are stationed day and night in these trees with 

 fires burning, to prevent the elephants from moving out again 

 before all the hundreds of men who are necessary for a drive 

 can be collected. When the elephants have been driven into 

 the " smaller enclosure," a great suspended door is dropped, 

 and all exit prevented. 



A solitary elephant is made a victim to female influence. 

 He is induced to join the society of three or four tame cow 

 elephants which are let loose in the forest, and when he has 

 become accustomed to them, the Malays arrange on the ground, 

 in some convenient place between two trees, a rotan noose with 

 the ordinary running knot. 



Coming up to the elephant and his harem then on other 

 tame elephants they gently urge the herd towards this noose. 

 A female elephant that is new to him then attracts the atten- 



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