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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
Other articles of elephant's equipment are fetters, soolay, and 
foot-chain. The latter two are seldom used, except on runaway 
beasts and confirmed bolters ; they are only removed to be changed 
occasionally from one fore-foot to another. The foot-chain alone is 
used in dry country, when the mahout w'Ould have difficulty in pick- 
ing up his elephant's tracks, and for animals given to w^andering or 
straying. In such cases 40 ft. of f-in. chain is tied to the fetter 
between the fore-legs, and allowed to trail. 
Pack-gear. 
This is a most important subject and cannot receive too careful 
attention. Unless the gear fits properly and is carefully adjusted, 
galls are likely to result and thus incapacitate animals often for 
lengthened periods. This may be a matter of the utmost impor- 
tance, for instance when such animals are employed for transport in 
warfare . 
Different patterns have been devised from time to time, but there 
is only one which can be recommended, and that is what is known 
as Sanderson's improved pattern," and which is the pattern 
adopted by Government. The subject of gear has been ably and 
fully treated of in a Government pamphlet, edited by this well-known 
authority on all matters concerning the elephant, entitled Pack- 
gear for Elephants," published by the Superintendent, Government 
Printing. Calcutta, and which- I would advise anyone employing 
Sanderson's gear to obtain. The following remarks are chiefly 
quoted from this w^ork : — 
The gear consists of the following parts : — 
lbs. 
45 
100 
60 
20 
4 
2 
5 
Total ... 236 
{a) The guddela is a pad usually made up of layers of soft 
numdah sewn together and covered with cloth, and is 
placed next to the body to protect it from abrasion, and 
is about 4 ins. in thickness. 
Guddela 
Guddee 
Iron saddle 
Girth complete 
Neck-rope 
Crupper-rope 
Iron pipe crupper 
