BOLTING. 
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The following are the instructions laid down for securing 
elephants in the Manual of Mountain Artillery," 1882 : — 
(i) Anklet on one fore-foot only ; the other ankle linked 
through the ring of a long chain, hook-end secured 
round a tree, post, or into the ring-bolt. For day use. 
(ii) Long chain round one hind-leg to tree, post, or ring- 
bolt. For day use. 
(iii) Above, with anklets on both fore-feet. 
(iv) Anklet on one fore-foot only, the other linked on ring-bolt. 
(v) Both anklets on fore-feet, coupling chain through ring-bolt. 
(vi) Above, with long chain on one hind-leg (only allowed in 
special cases). 
Instructions for securing elephants for transport by train or sea 
are given in the Government Regulations on the subject. 
Bolting. 
This is one of the most dangerous, but fortunately rare, vices of 
the elephant. It is nearly 
always the result of fear. 
Small animals such as fox- 
terriers are particularly dis- 
tasteful to them and, ridicu- 
lous as it may appear, often 
cause them to bolt. On 
one occasion in the Shan 
States I saw a tusker carry- 
ing my kit suddenly run 
away trumpeting ; the only 
cause I could assign was 
that a couple of cackling 
hens ran out close to him 
from under a hut. In the 
open it is poor fun being 
on the back of a runaway 
elephant, but in jungle, it 
is needless to remark, a 
very serious matter. Blind- 
folding with a cloth often 
answers in checking their 
flight, but all animals known 
to be liable to bolt should 
have a fairly long heavy 
chain attached to a hind fig. 23.— Soolays or Andoos. 
