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THE ELEPHANT. 
On the following day eight female elephants 
were introduced into the enclosure, the mahouts, 
or keepers, being couched close on their necks, 
covered with dark cloths. The object of the 
tame animals was to separate one of the wild 
from the herd, and to surround him, which 
they did precisely in the manner already de- 
scribed. In this way twenty-three elephants 
were taken in six days, without the slightest 
accident to the persons employed. The sag^' 
city of the tame elephants ; the address and 
courage of the mahouts in approaching th® 
wild ones ; the anxious moments that passed 
from the cast of the first rope until the InS*" 
band was tied ; the rage of the animals on find' 
ing themselves entrapped ; and their astonisl'' 
ing exertions to regain their liberty, formed 
altogether a scene of extraordinary novelty 
and interest. 
The following adventure with an elepha^ 
in Southern Africa, is related by Capt^^*^ 
