to defend themselves from any sudden attack of the beasts of
prey which infest th e. forests. ||T h e elephants are by this time
reduced to great extremities by thirst, as guards have for some
days . previous been stationed a t f ail the -lakes and ponds of
water to frighten" them away-; and now they ' find themselves
roused from their haunts in- all directions by loud noises and
the glare "of torches. One quarter alone, the enclosure I ha.ve
•described, remains- undisturbed, and here they are presented
both with a peaceful retreat and plenty of water. To this
spot therefore they all repair, and are frequently compelled to
hasten their' -'steps by the approaching noises which. continually
assail- thëm^roip'The rear. On-coming to- the entrance iof the
paths leading- to the .enclosure,- their natural - ^gSeity; 'enables
them. to. péraèivé the altered - appearance | of * place: the
'$g»ces chpd ';na|row paths, ryhere so little.- room ia- left; feBI.theif
natural exertion, makes Them: süspect that- danger is at hand
and a snare laid for them; and they begin to- -shew, every- symptom
of dread and consternation. N o . time however is left them
for deliberation, nor any opportunity of retreat; from the
right and the left, as well as. Trom behind, the noise and clamour
of enemies immediately press upon th em .'
? Urged on in this manner, they at length-enter the paths,- and
push forward till they reach;-the large space 'of -thé» enclosure'.
As soon as they ■. are thus secured,, tame elephants are^sent in
Rafter them,^ and all the avenues Ushut, *, except T'thdsef narrcHr
paths, by which the natives-are to approach -them. - »The
-hunters; now advance by these ill all directions, dud use' eVtery
means to separate the elephants and drive them singly into the
smaller compartments'which are contained within, the large enclosure.
On this being effected, the only thing that remain^
is to sécüre them - witlf/i'opes-^The1' tame' éle|)'hants' 'are^ >hfeYe óf
the most effectual" sët^%e-'-tóMthe huhfers’,'; arfÖ> gteafcly -’assist*
them iriThfótvïn£' róp<^ röund'ThATeg^ahd' nedk-Tff; thec^ild
a n im a l sAs ^óón* as thé' 5wild ele^haWb: is' m'ade! 'fast’ With*rope§,'
' he tóUdd’ -ou#by' thé straight' 'p a tH H ^ e ^ e ^ !fo&%hëtpff^ósé;
and' made fagt to- tKfe*b^rigëèt«J t i ^ e g ^ ^ th ö ^ tó i jd e 1 of n h è
rélbyrihth. Ê| Th+è'' höbters ‘ then '■ feriew thevsafrrë^ ptóéê^'^^rith the
t ó t / till the^lephanfé-dwithin the j eMlosurëTar'e' successively
SëfcurecK’
II frequently happ'ehs'That.^h^yëlêfliatits 'tflfen«rffysth‘fcaugM
afé^vëry^üffruly' affl'frïMëittf? T n '^ h i ^ e k ^ b i t ' isTnëéê&ar^’tö*
ha^e 'TedbbrslP tóf” the -po^êFS- 'atrÖt‘sagabity^èf .^hé1« taide« ohfest
T#^tófeil,<i%hen-f tbêy < jpefdëh^’Jtlïefr' wileiJ urlma-
-riageabl'er fairTo‘5jbsèbh^hftfr,' •ancï bdlabbïll'in^ihföi with their
tru n k s^ t i l t 1 fhëy* •' hate - fbiMerëet hifït^ perfectly ?Mlm 'and ccM$
■pliant. ‘Thëy alfê^ als'o^vefy^dslidCbust-ih ^wktoMMg* all- his bio-
tiöhSj; Und ’p&Vënt him -frcW’ makings'dny ’ sudden d'É&ack £bn
’ ' The -Tr^ct of countryC neéfr Matur#is,'djhe' plaWViëhbffe Tliê
elephants -urê' mh'iëfly - Buntëd! ' ThdRcotthhabding| nffidëf^ólqtftat
JpblfihasThe superintêfrd&hce' and bfdéKing' off thë'Tfünt$?j$fe
^ ïh 1797, ‘ïïö-.dbss than-' onè hundred andi'Sb^ën?y%i^
SPjP®f in thïé! mannerP'TVëie 'Sent ''over-by>? Adam’s- bridge *'froth
‘« ey lb n to>th‘é“-t8 n tÉen tr- On their w&y'-T:had ‘ah d^p^tbirftf
of^seeihg«-' theselbhniMenSe -animals4 at s the- Grandd Pasgblfrdybffgi «
Columbo. One of them was exceedingly ki^e^ andhTall,'1 a$d
•Surpassed*« ihr-ske ev^Wthè'1 royal elephant irtnfr<^ pSSfe;§fen-* of
the Nabobs of Arcot/ which I sawfreaf' bis dSKOhet
|au k . These animals, though so lately, taken in-a wild stated