ELEPHANT. 
lie down. At first she did not like the koomkee 
to go near her, and retired to a distance/ seeming 
angry ; but, when the drivers, who were on foot, 
called to her, she eame imniediktely, and allowed 
them to stroke and caress her as before ; and in 
a few minutes after, permitted the trained ele- 
phants to be familiar. A driVef from oiife of these 
then fastened a rope round her body, and instantly 
jumped on her back, which, at the moment, she 
did not like, but was soon reconciled to it. A 
small cord was then put round her neck, for the 
driver to put his feet in ; who, seating himself on 
the neck, in the usual manner, drove her about 
the inclosure, in the same manner as any of 
the tame elephants. After this he ordered her 
to lie down, which she instantly did ; nor did she 
rise till she was desired. He fed her from his 
seat, gave her his stick to hold, which she took' 
with her trunk, and put into her mouth, kept, and 
then returned it as she was directed, and as she had' 
formerly been accustomed to do. In short, she 
was so obedient, that had there been more wild 
elephants in the in closure, she would have been 
useful in securing them. 
f* In June, 1787, a male elephant, taken the year 
before, was travelling in company with some 
others, towards Chittigong, laden with baggage j 
and having come upon a tiger’s track, which ele- 
phants discover readily by the smell, he took 
fright and ran off to the woods, in spite of all 
the efforts of his driver. On entering the wood; 
the driver saved himself by springing from the ani- 
mal, 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 tr lined 
female was dispatched after* him, but could not 
get up in time to prevent his escape. 
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