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ELEPHANT. 
retreat to the hills, turned the above-mentioned 
beast loose into the woods, after having used 
her above two years as a riding elephant. She 
was after wards retaken ; but broke loose in a 
stormy night, and again escaped. In the year 
1782, above ten years after her second escape, 
she was driven by the elephant-hunters belonging 
to Mr. Leeke, of Longford-hall, in Shropshire, 
into the inclosure in which the elephants are se- 
cured ; and the day following, when Mr. Leeke 
went to see the herd that had been taken, this 
elephant was pointed out to him by the hunters, 
who well recollected her. They frequently called 
to her by name ; to w hich she seemed to pay some 
attention, by immediately looking towards them 
when it was repeated ; nor did she appear like the 
w ild elephants, who were constantly running about 
the inclosure in a rage, but seemed perfectly re- 
conciled to her situation. 
f< For the space of eighteen days, she never 
went near enough the outlet to be secured ; from 
a recollection perhaps of what she had twice be- 
fore suffered. Mr. Leeke, at length, went him- 
self, 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 trained female elephants, called koomkees, 
sent in for that purpose, the hunters were ordered 
to call on her by her name. She immediately 
came to the side of the ditch, w ithin the inclosure ; 
on which some of the drivers w ere desired to carry 
in a plamtaiii tree, the leaves of which she not 
only took from their hands with her trunk, but 
opened her mouth for them to put a leaf into it, 
which they did, stroking and caressing her, and 
calling to her by name. One of the trained ele- 
phants was now r ordered to be brought to her, and 
the driver to take her by the ear, and order her to 
