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woods, after having used her above two years, as a riding ele- 
phant. In January, 1770, she was retaken by the Rajah; but, 
in April, 1771, she broke loose from her pickets, in a stormy 
night, and escaped to the hills. On the 25th of Dec. 1782, she 
was driven by Mr. Leeke’s elephant hunters into a keddab ;* 
and, the day following, when Mr. Leeke went to see the herd 
that had been secured, this elephant was pointed out to him by 
the hunters, and particularly by a driver who had had charge 
of her for some time, and well recollected her. They frequently 
called to her by name; to which she seemed to pay some atten- 
tion, by immediately looking towards them, when her name, 
Juggut-Peauree , was repeated; nor did she appear like the wild 
elephants, which were constantly running about the kedda), b in 
a rage, but seemed perfectly reconciled to her situation. 
From the 25th of December to the 13th of January, (a space 
of eighteen days,) she never went near enough the outlet (or 
roomee ) to be secured ; from a recollection, perhaps, of what 
she had twice before suffered. -f Orders, however, had been 
given, not to permit her to enter the outlet, had she been so 
inclined, as Mr. Leeke wished to be present when she was 
taken out of the keddah. On the 13th of January, 1783, Mr. 
Leeke went out, when there were only herself, another female, 
and eight young ones, remaining in the inclosure. After the 
other female had been secured, by means of the koomkees\ sent 
* The inclosure in which elephants are secured. Vide Asiatic Researches, Vol. III. 
Art. “ Method of catching Elephants.” 
f When elephants were secured in the outlet from the keddab, they bruised them- 
selves terribly. Vide Asiatic Researches, Vol. III. 
X Koomkees are female elephants, trained for the purpose of securing wild elephants, 
and more particularly those large males which stray from the woods, named goondabs. 
Vide Asiatic Researches, Vol. III. 
