. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka. 360 THE ELEPHANT. [Part VIII. fibre of the kittool or jaggery palm, which, being nioi-e flexible than that of the coco-nut, occasions less formidable ulcerations. The two decoys then ranged themselves, as before, abreast of the prisoner on either side, thus enabhng Eang- hanie to stoop under them and noose the two fore-feet as he had akeady done the hind ; and these ropes being made fast to a tree in front, the c
. Ceylon : an account of the island, physical, historical, and topographical with notices of its natural history, antiquities and productions. Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka. 360 THE ELEPHANT. [Part VIII. fibre of the kittool or jaggery palm, which, being nioi-e flexible than that of the coco-nut, occasions less formidable ulcerations. The two decoys then ranged themselves, as before, abreast of the prisoner on either side, thus enabhng Eang- hanie to stoop under them and noose the two fore-feet as he had akeady done the hind ; and these ropes being made fast to a tree in front, the capture was complete, and the tame elephants and keepers withdrew to repeat the opera- tion on another of the herd. As lono: as the tame ones stood beside him the poor animal remained comparatively cahn and almost passive under his sufferings, but the mo- ment they moved off, and he was left utterly alone, he made the most surprising efforts to set himself free and re-. join his companions. lie felt the ropes with his trunk and tried to untie the numerous knots ; he di'ew back- wards to hberate his fore-legs, then leaned forward to extri- cate the hind ones, till every branch of the tall tree vibrated Avitli his struggles. He screamed in his anguish with his proboscis raised high in the air, then falling on his side he laid his head to tlie ground, first his cheek and then his brow, and pressed down his doubled-in trunk as tliough lie would force it into tlie earth ; tlien suddenlv risina; he. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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