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MAMMALIA. 



[Chap. V. 



mals, in their periodical migrations in search of forage 

 and water ; and the vicinity of a stream is indispensable, 

 not only for the supply of the elephants during the time 

 spent in inducing them to approach the enclosure, but 

 to enable them to bathe and cool themselves throughout 

 the process of training after capture. 



In constructing the corral itself, care is taken to 

 avoid disturbing the trees or the brushwood within the 

 included space, and especially on the side by which the 

 elephants are to approach, where it is essential to con- 

 ceal the stockade as much as possible by the density of 

 the foliage. The trees used in the structure are from 

 ten to twelve inches in diameter ; and are sunk about 

 three feet in the earth, so as to leave a length of from 

 twelve to fifteen feet above ground ; with spaces between 

 each stanchion sufficiently wide to permit a man to glide 

 through. The uprights are made fast by transverse 

 beams, to which they are lashed securely by ratans and 



GROUND PL AN OF A CORRAL, AND METHOD OF FENCING IT. 



flexible climbing plants, or as they are called "jungle 

 ropes," and the whole is steadied by means of forked 



