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hear an Ancient Vortuguefe relating, that when his Coun^ 
try-men were in poffeifion of this lOand, they did purfue 
the Natives too far up among the Woods and Hills, the 
Qilonefes by this means got the advantage of the P^r/?/- 
guefe^ and killed every man of them except one Drummer, 
who did obferve them not to draw near where they did 
hear the Drum, he therefore beat upon his Drum continu- 
ally 5 the ^Ceilomfes thinking that the greateft power was 
where the Drum did beat, did not come near him, and by 
this tneans he faved his life. 
When theElephants have been a while fettled in the nar- 
row paffage, they are one by one taken to the Stable, being 
tyed faft between two tame Elephants bred for that purpofe, 
the point of whofe long Teeth are cut : If the wild Ele- 
phant be tronblefome, they will hold hisTrunk with their 
Trunk, and beat him witji their Teeth, a Man fitting up- 
on each of the tame Elephants, to direft them by a Staff, 
upon the end of which is a little Hook, wherewith he 
touches his Head, and orders the tame Elephant as he 
pleafes, without a Bridle, or the like. When they come 
into the Stable, they are led betwixt two Ports, and Stakes 
put athwart before their Breads and under their Bellies, 
and fo tyed that they cannot ftir, nor lye down upon the 
ground 5 for if they fiiould be permitted to lye down 
tjiey would turn heavy, forrowful, and would not eat, 
and dye. They are this, way fed and nouriibed with 
the Trunk Walt ugiis, ovPla^taws. The Trunk of this 
Tree they love^- better than any other food, and with 
thefe Trunks they are fed in the Ship' 5 when they have 
been nourifht fo iix w&ks they begin to. be tractable, and 
are faftened only with one fooc tyed with Coras^ and ji 
the Merchants come from Bengal thev are foid and convey U 
to the Ships^ii.the Merchants have no ufe for theui, or that 
they cannot agree about the price,they feed them wirhLeaves 
of the Coco Tree, until 12 weeks be paft after their be"ng 
taken, and then they are as ta:ne as a Dog, and e^it Gra^s 
with the Oxen in the Fields. When 
