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iions, one on eaeli side,, and the oilier behind. After 
getting him nearer the tree* the people carry the 
ends of the long cables two or three times round 
it, so as to prevent the possibility of his escape. 
H is fore legs are now tied in the same manner as 
his hind legs were ; and the cables are made fast,, 
one on each side, to trees, or stakes driven deep 
into the earth. 
When he has become more settled, and will eat 
a little food, with which he is supplied as soon as 
he - is taken, the koomkees are again brought near, 
and a strong rope is then put twice round his body, 
close to his fore legs, like a girth, and tied behind 
his shoulder ; then the end is carried backward 
close to his rump, and there fastened, after a couple 
of turns more have been made round his body. 
Another rope is next fastened to this, and thence 
carried under his tail like a crupper, and brought 
forward and fastened to each of the girths. A 
strong rope is. now put round his buttocks,' and 
made fast on each side to the girth and crupper ; 
so as to confine the motion of his thighs, and pre- 
vent him from taking a full step. A couple of 
large cables, with running noosed, are now put about 
his neck, there seemed, and tied to the ropes on 
each side. Thus completely hampered, the cables 
round his neck are made fast to two koomkees, 
one on each side. 
Every thing being now ready, and a passage 
cleared from the jungle, all the ropes are taken 
from his legs, exeept the strong one round his but- 
tocks to confine the motion of his hind legs, which 
is still left. The koomkees pull him forward ; 
sometimes, however, not without much struggling 
and violence on his part. When brought to his 
proper station, and made fast, he is treated with a 
mixture of severity and gentleness ; and generally in 
a few months becomes tractable, and appears per- 
