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every step Siribeddi hauled in the slackened rope till she 

 brought him fairly up to the foot of the tree, where he 

 was made fast by the cooroowe people. A second noose 

 was then passed over the other hind-leg, and secured 

 like the first, both legs being afterwards hobbled to- 

 gether by ropes made from the fibre of the kitool or 

 jaggery palm, which, being more flexible than that of 

 the coco-nut, occasions less formidable ulcerations. The 

 two decoys then ranged themselves, as before, abreast of 



the prisoner on either side, thus enabling Eanghanie to 

 stoop under them and noose the two fore-feet as he had 

 already done the hind ; and these ropes being made fast 

 to a tree in front, the capture was complete, and the 

 tame elephants and keepers withdrew to repeat the 

 operation on another of the herd. 



