^ of Xiutejs 5 or; 
otic falletlr iiitdk. Asioon as ihs is in, Jlie is 
Sy 5. or 4. men beaten upon her tendereft parts 
very fmartly untill fhe is aimoll mad ; when 
they have fo done , cometh another Huntfman 
who deploreth her condidon , and threatneth the 
former Hunts men, and giveth her feme of the 
juice of barky, as alio fome meat, and this he often 
do h, coming to the pit and asking him whether he 
will come oat or no,jntill by degrees the Ek^bant 
begins to know him, and to yield to him in any 
thing ; another way they have to take them alive, 
and that is thus ; they make a very large pit of 
about a mile in compafs, in the place where they 
moft ufc to haunt ; the palfage into it is v^ry nar- 
tov/ and ftraigbt, which is prefently ftopped as 
fobn as the ElefhaKt is got in.In t^thiopia th^y di- 
ligently obferve what trees they lean againft 
when they fleep ( for they fleep always leaning ) 
then they go and cut that tree on the other fide 
almoft in two, and having fo done they go away , 
but never leave any foot-fteps behind them to be 
feen;at Eveningthe F^lsphant coming to jean againft 
it with ail his weight ifbreakerhin two and fo 
flie falleth down 5 fomedme;. whole troops of men i 
go to hunt her , as Str^.h faith»fometimes'the tame 
'Elephants carry armed men on their baeks ; and fo 
they fake the wiide ones. 
3. In a little time thefe creatures are made fo ' 
^ndethat they will takeout of ones hand like a ) 
little Dog, and will as it were embrace one with f 
his fnout; fo then he will fufferone to put oaes • 
bead between his jawes, a^4 wUI not (hut his mouth 1 
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