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When the Elephants are put on board the Ships, there is a thing 
prepaid of 1 5 or 20 double Sailcloath, which is laid about his 
Breaft, Belly and Sides, and is tyed together upon his Back, where- 
unto Kopes are fattened, then he is led inco the Water betwixt 
Elephants bred for the purpofe, upon which a Man fits to govern 
hlrfi, and cUiothcr Elepiiant ( upon which fits a Man) goes behii]i 
the'' Elephant that is to be fhipp'd, and when this Elephant -is un- 
willing^to enter the Water,the Elephant thatis behind putshlsHead 
to the foremoft's hinderparts, and prelfes him forward, which will 
cauie any peifon to laugh to behold the fame ^ when he is^ov 
deep enough in the V/a.cer he is tyecl to the Boat, the other Efe- 
ph.ants return, and he fwims atter the Boar to the Ship, where he 
is helled over into the Ship. r 
But there is lately invented a more convenient way, which is 
thus : There is prepared a big Veffy , flat bottomed, cover xl with 
Planks like a floor, fo that this floor is almoft of the height of the 
"Key, then the fide of the Key and the Veifel are adornec" with 
Green Branches, fo tliat the Elephant does fee no Water till he be 
in the Ship. . . * , • 
f When one Elephant fwims to the Ship, or otherwife crofTes a 
deep River, nothing of him can be feen only his Snout tliorough 
which he breathes : and when he is waffled upon a River fide, he 
ordinarily lyes, with his Head upon the bottom of the Water flat 
alike with his Body, and although one fide of him be above Wa- 
ter, his Head will be under, holding only his Snout above Water 
through which he breathes. 
When the Elephants are tame, they are very docil and trada- 
ble, fo that they wdl lye upon their Belly when Men are to get up 
and ride upon them. - 
If they fall at any time, altho upon even ground,' they either 
dye immediately, or languifh after that until they dye: their Body 
being of fo great a bulk, is the caufe of the harm they get by k 
fall. . ' 
If an Elephant frequents a Plantation of Fruit-Trees of the Na- 
tives, for no Hedges can keep him out, they make a point upon. 
w heavy piece of Wood, and hangs it on a branch, of a Tree un- 
der which; the Eltjphant ufes to come -, and at night a Man fits 
watching, upon that Branch, and when the Elephant comes under 
the Branch the Man cuts the Cord, and fo the point of the Wood, 
falls a foot deep in his Back, by which means the Elephant lan- 
guifhes and dyes-: but ivhen the Hollanders get intelligence here- 
of, they are punifla'd feverely* 
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