TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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to behold, either as a sovereign, or a votary of 
Gautama. 
Some goats were put into the square, and 
these were pursued by the elephant in the same 
way as the keepers, and with as little effect. 
These animals eluded his pursuit with the 
utmost ease; and were so little concerned at 
his presence, that they soon began to quarrel 
amongst themselves. When the elephant was 
sufficiently tired, three huge tame male ele¬ 
phants were brought in to secure him, each 
mounted by his keeper, who had in his hand a 
rope with a noose, which one of them, after 
the second or third effort, succeeded in casting 
round the foreleg. The animal made compara¬ 
tively very little resistance, appearing to be 
quite subdued by the presence of his three 
powerful antagonists, who, after the noose was 
fixed, drove him by main force into a pen at the 
south side of the enclosure, from which he was 
afterwards withdrawn, and tied to a post by a 
comparatively slender rope put round his neck, 
through his mouth, and round his tusks. We 
saw him in this situation, under a shed, as we 
were returning home, very restless and sullen. 
He was so closely tied to the post, that he could 
scarcely move, and had no power to do any mis- 
