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Mr. Leeke himself then went up, took her by the ear, and 
bade her lie down ; a command she instantly obeyed. 
I have known several other instances of elephants being taken 
a second time; and was myself a witness both of the escape and 
retaking of one, as related in the following account. 
In June, 1787, Jattra-Mungul , a male elephant, taken the year 
before, was travelling, in company with some other elephants, 
towards Chittigong, laden with a tent and some baggage, for 
our* accommodation on the journey. Having come upon a 
tiger's track, which elephants discover readily by the smell, he 
took fright, and ran off to the woods, in spite of the efforts of 
his driver. On entering the wood, the driver saved himself, by 
springing from the elephant, and clinging to the branch of a tree 
under which he was passing ; when the elephant had got rid of 
his driver, he soon contrived to shake off his load. As soon as he 
ran away, a trained female was dispatched after him, but could 
not get up in time to prevent his escape; she, however, brought 
back his driver, and the load he had thrown off, and we pro- 
ceeded, without any hope of ever seeing him again. 
Eighteen months after this, when a herd of elephants had 
been taken, and had remained several days in the inclosure, 
till they were enticed into the outlet, there tied, and led out in 
the usual manner, one of the drivers, viewing a male elephant 
very attentively, declared he resembled the one which had run 
away. This excited the curiosity of every one, to go and look 
at him ; but, when any person came near, the animal struck at 
him with his trunk, and, in every respect, appeared as wild and 
outrageous as any of the other elephants. 
* Mr. Buller and myself. 
