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about the keddah , the same as any of the tame ele- 
phants. 
“ After this, he ordered her to lie down, which 
she instantly did ; nor did she rise till she was de- 
sired. 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 formerly had been 
accustomed to do. In short, she was so obedient, 
that, had there been more wild elephants in the ked- 
dah to tie, she would have been useful in securing 
them. Mr. Leeke himself then went up, took her 
by the ear, and bade her lie down ; a command she 
instantly obeyed.” 
Mr. Corse was himself a witness both of the escape 
and retaking of one, as related in the following ac- 
count : 
“ In June 1 787, Jattra-murigul , a male elephant, 
taken the year before, was travelling in company 
with some other elephants, towards Chittigong, 
laden with a tent and some baggage for the accom- 
modation of Mr. Buller and myself on the journey. 
Having come upon a tiger’s track, which elephants 
discover readily by the smell, he took fright and 
ran off to the woods, in spite of the efforts of his 
driver. On entering the wood, the driver saved 
himself by springing from the elephant, and cling- 
ing 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 trained female was dispatched 
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