the boughs into pans. ~I was:told<tfiat.the bbes^were .wild-in the. woods, and
m gudfcpldpty that ‘wax formed: a staple article, of?dom®erce. ■' The natives
have;a- made 'of -gathering ,the Honey without destroying the ■ insect. ' I 1 he
soldiers o f. the guard and: o*rr. dotodshfe icontinued-to'KOeive two tackal,
a i stated . periods, iril addition 'to their ^allowance. of ric e ; ahd bedtle-^af
Was to He. Had fresh from gardensPbeiortging-to- the ad}aiiceiit;viilagfs;:':In
one :of these .plantations, which very much resembled an -'English hop-gar-;
den, I sari-a^man watering his plants-by means- of a wheel, which-raised
water out » T aw e ll -from a 'considerableSdepth, ' -lite tm ao h te hris constructed
with much ingenuity.
• The iepu&tiohthatmiyBengal-draughtsmanhadacquired by-hisfbotanieal
drawings;.performed under-the inspection of Dr. Buchanan JiaviiSg;;cphae to
the knowledge; of his.Binnan Majosty, Or', i a the Bun having
reached the Golden .Ears,'the King waS-pleased to -desire a specimen-of his
skill, and sent, over a painting on glass, executed by a Siamese artist in'his
own service, signifying his.royal- will that it should be copied upon paper;.
This picture, which was a tolerable performance, represented Ihomode of
catching wild elephants in-theToresfs. It-was thus described'to m e : the
hunters, mounted on lame elephants- that are- trained to the business, by
lying'11 at o n their backs,- introduce -themselves unno ticed info i wild herd,
and take an opportunity to cast a running noose'in the track of- the one
that is meant .to be secured; The. other, end of .the rope is fastened to the
body. of . the tame elephant, who; immediately throws the wild one- down ;
^hgtfle- then! ensues, in which the trained' elephant, being-assisted by. its
associates, soon .overpowers the inhabitarifepf the. woods, ^whb> is' deserted
by all-the others; it is afterwards borne away A prisoner,wf i<>t bound1
te two of its captors, whilst another' moves' on- at its head, and - a. fourth