F op • a m°fl.th two previous * to the .elephant-hunt, *fiy
'•natjy$s;’§ir^ employed m ’^i^lrtsjpg lc^ge space p£ ground ia
tjae midstf.of Ja> ^tape, o£ cppoa^tefps^ and .adjoining^. pr :pprhaps
encomp^gsipg .a , tank or »pond qf jwater. fnc.losW consists
of large,; ^sttopg po|tsn ;4iasually ^ ^ l^p p a-jv o o d , ^drivejn firmly
into fj^vgrpipck ab4 fastened and ^pi^Qc^gd together by&t^ppg
ropes and. thq^bia^cbgs, ,p f M ^ k B | | R | , / j^eejlpir^p'wovejt.
£E$ie incjo&u^p i^-gfv^^d; 'with^ bpsjio^ sapd boygh% so as to^prer
^qmt the pps||wor^;5M^trpges' cfroni bping- jseep.| .The/way leadf
spg^ipto^fhi^ ' narrow, apd circuitous
paths fepcpdp,op eaph p id q jn ‘tlap ^in§a|ne| alrepdyi3(|gseribedL
and ^pproic^ipgj^Tjnc9Y-§W,l different ..$irf ctiqp4 Besides jthe&e
paths,- Wjhicb* a^e;.sufiicjeritlyijlarge to admit tbp elephant, itherc
a^f various . o th er, ypry narrowupnes \£o allow, the hunters to
adv^nGe£ to^ ar,^ fhimr and Tetpead^occasionally- wjtliqut Ifis being
.able' tp ppjs,ugrithem. ^Vithio the ’large! eaclpgprptare jseyieraA
.ima^ep^compartment^.fopme4 with paths leading into them;
ppdrjone [straight pathgpg prepared a t . the .further? „end to lead
„qu£4 'l^ 'p le jp h a n t^ h g p h&(i^;§pcmed^«igrije[tw ^ e has the ap#-
pe%ra$Ge ^of^one. darg^labyrinth;;p$n$ it&^eo^gtfueJaon . displays
a' ^rK,.consider^>lefJ dpggee of ingenuity.. ,
, As soon as all t]iis \?;ork, which occupies, some dime, is -
ijnished, the+ i^odel^ra^jand ajthqr principal jmep among the
jQinglese H about "qojlecting the peasants, from eye*y tquarter_;
ao4 a yast. ynumberj of ipen, women, and „children., .furnished
with drums ;and other:-no^y ^tr^jpaatp arfe speedily assembled,
^heawopd^j^^^ imtned||^tete hff§fe;b?i all sidea ~ hy-■ thg« e mnltp-
•tnde ; When day ; .light fails;.. them > p §& find g their; wayc through
the tluckets; by torch fight«/and they ;are fmmshed with fire arms
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