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THE ELEPHANT OF INDIA. 
six or eight thousand men, with fire-arms, drums, 
trumpets, fire-works, and, in short, any thing that 
can intimidate the herd. The whole body move 
slowly towards the funnel, in which is strewed a 
small quantity of those fruits and vegetables in 
which Elephants delight, such as plantains, sugar 
canes, &c. Many days are frequently required to 
drive a herd, and sometimes the Elephants are 
driven thirty or forty miles. The circle is gradu- 
ally narrowed as the funnel is approached, and 
when fairly within, the funnel itself forms a part 
of the circle. They begin to taste some of their 
favourite foods, which being quickly consumed, 
some by degrees venture into the keddah itself. 
The example is soon followed, and but little 
coercion is required now to urge the whole within 
the paling, which is then secured with strong 
bars. 
At one period, the manner of subjection, after 
the animals were thus enclosed, was by starvation, 
binding their legs with strong ropes, and gradually 
accustoming them to the individual who was 
afterwards to have them in charge. It has, how- 
ever, been found to be much more advantageous 
to entice them by kindness ; by this treatment, 
they are sooner subjected, and are not liable to be 
rendered useless from the cutting wounds inflicted 
by the ropes with which they were bound, and 
which, in a warm climate, ulcerated to an immense 
extent, and often proved fatal. When in a proper 
