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but one at once ; and the Males hot in purfuit are caught among 
the Pillars, and immediately fbme By-Handers lay aciofs Pales of 
Wood to hinde- their Return. When they perceive the Cheat,, 
they tern all in a R.ige" and Fury, and fall a groaning even to the 
fhedding of Tears, and run up and down till they be all in a Sweat, 
When the Hunters defign to put them in Stables, they let them 
fee the Females again, whom t ey lead foremoft and the Males 
follow them to the intended place, which is fo little, that it ad- 
mits no more but one at once : Then they remove the Female, 
and tye the Male by the Neck to the Stall, till being wearied 
both by Hunger and Grief, they become more Tame, which is 
ufually after 8 Days faffing, and then the Keeper learns and ma- 
nages them as he pleafes. A third Method of taking them us’d 
by the faid King is this: He gathers a vafl number of Men, by 
which he furrounds the whole Forefl where. the Elephants haunt, 
and having enclos’d them within a norrow bounds, he pick, and 
cfeufes fuch as he has a mind for, and lets the reft go. Garcias ab 
Orta fays, that at one of theie Huntings there were taken 4000, 
but that the King caus’d them all to be let go, except 200, left 
his Country fhould be depriv’d of them. ’Tis memorable what 
Edward Lopez fays he faw, that when a young Elephant was catch’d 
in one of thefe Snares, the old one run with viol nee (notwith- 
ftanding of the By-ftanders) to get it out:, whereof being difap- 
pointed, fhe threw in Earth, Trees and Stones in fuch abundance, 
that it fill'd the Ditch, and rather chus’d to deftroy its own Brood, 
than let it fall into the Hands of the Enemy. 
But if what Authors have told us of their manner of Taming 7^ manner 
be true, ’tis a wonderful Token of their Natural Sagacity. After e f Taming 
they are taken, they hedge each of them in with great Rafters, them. 
till they be endofed in lo narrow bounds, that they can fcarce 
hive place to ftand : Then they tye their Feet and Tusks fo toge- 
ther, that they cannot move ^ their Keepers mount them, being 
girt about with two Ropes, and ftriking with their Heels and 
Clubs, threaten to beat them, and to ftarvethem till theyfhould 
Die ; but if they will be quiet and peaceable, they would be kind 
to them, anoint them with Oyl, and give them Meat and Drink 
io abundance. Then they take one of thefe wild ones, and put 
it in betwixt two Tame ones, and fo confine it on both fides till 
it be Tame enough. Tavernier tells, that he faw once two Wild 
Elephants , whith^had been lately taken, each of which had a 
Tame one plac’d oh each fide. Round about the Wild Elephants 
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