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** Eighteen months after this, when a herd of 
elephants had been taken, and had remained seve- 
ral 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 ele- 
phant very attentively, declared he resembled the 
one which had run away. This excited the cu- 
riosity 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 ele- 
phants. An old hunter at length, coming up and 
examining him, declared that he was the very ele- 
phant that had made his escape. 
Confident of this, he boldly rode up to him on 
a tame elephant, and ordered him to lie down, pull- 
ing him by the ear at the same time. The animal 
seemed taken by surprize, and instantly obeyed 
the word of command, uttering at the same time a 
peculiar shrill squeak through his trunk, as he had 
formerly been known to do ; by which he was im- 
mediately recognized by every person who was ac- 
quainted with this peculiarity/' 
Thus we see that this elephant, for the space of 
eight or ten days, during which he was in the in- 
closure, appeared equally wild and fierce with the 
boldest elephant then talcen ; hut the moment he 
Was addressed in a commanding tone, the recollec- 
tion of his former obedience seemed to rush upon 
him at once ; and, without any difficulty, he per- 
mitted a driver to ha seated on his neck, who in a 
few days made him as tractable as ever. 
A female elephant, belonging to a gentleman 
at Calcutta, being ordered from the upper country 
to Chotygone, by chance broke loose from her 
keeper, and was lost in the woods. The excuses 
which the keeper made were not admitted, ft was 
supposed that he had sol d the elephant ; his wife 
