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CHAP. V.

THE ELEPHANT.

An Elephant Corral.

• Early method of catching elephants 156
• Capture in pit-falls 156
• By means of decoys 157
• Panickeas—their courage and address 158
• Their sagacity in following the elephant 159
• Mode of capture by the noose 160
• Mode of taming 161
• Method of leading the elephants to the coast 162
• Process of embarking them at Manaar 162
• Method of capturing a whole herd 163
• The "keddah" in Bengal described 164
• Process of enclosing a herd 165
• Process of capture in Ceylon 165
• An elephant corral and its construction 166
• An elephant hunt in Ceylon, 1847 167
• The town and district of Kornegalle 167
• The rock of Ætagalla 168
• Forced labour of the corral in former times 170
• Now given voluntarily 171
• Form of the enclosure 172
• Method of securing a wild herd 173
• Scene when driving them into the corral 174
• A failure 176
• An elephant drove by night 177
• Singular scene in the corral 178
• Excitement of the tame elephants (note) 178

CHAP. VI.

THE ELEPHANT.

The Captives.

• A night scene 180
• Morning in the corral 181
• Preparations for securing the captives 181
• The "cooroowe," or noosers 181
• The tame decoys 182
• First captive tied up 183
• Singular conduct of the wild elephants 184
• Furious attempts of the herd to escape 186
• Courageous conduct of the natives 187
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