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^inclined, he beats the ground with his trunk and makes anoife, fhowing evi- 

 dent marks of his difpleafure, and that he will not allow them to approach 

 nearer j and if they perfift, he will immediately attack and gore them with his 

 tufks : for which reafon they take care to retreat in good time. But fhould 

 he be amoroufly difpofed, which is generally the cafe, (as thefe males 

 are fuppofed to be driven from the herd at a particular period by their 

 Ceniors, to prevent their having connection with the females of that herd) 

 he allows the females to approach, and fometirnes even advances to meet 

 them. 



"When from thefe appearances, the Mabotes judge that he will become 

 f their prize, they conduct two of the females, one on each fide clofe to him* 

 and make them advance backwards, and prefs gently with their poileriors 

 againft his neck and moulders : the 3d female then comes up and places 

 .herfelf directly acrofs his tail; in this fituation fo far from fufpectdng any 

 defign againft his liberty, he begins to toy with the females and carefs 

 them with his trunk. While thus engaged, the fourth female is brought 

 near, with ropes and proper affiftants, who immediately get under the belly 

 of the 3d female, and put a flight cord (the Chilkafi) round his hind legsz 

 i fhould he move, it is eafily broken, in which cafe, if he talcs no notice of this 

 ■flight confinement, nor appears fufpicious of what was going forward, 

 rthe hunters thei proceed to tie his legs with a ftrongcord (called Bunda) 

 which is palled •alternately, by means of a forked fUck and a kind of hook* 

 from one leg to the other forming the figure of 8, and as thefe ropes are 

 fhort, for the convenience of b ing more readily put around his legs, 6 or 8 

 are generally employed, and they are made fail by another cer 1 (ihe Dag- 

 n&imhee) which is pafTcd a few turns perpendicularly between his legs, where 

 rthc folds of the Bundahs. i<it&&& each other, A fliong cable (the Ph. 



