The wild elephant and the method of capturing and taming it in Ceylon . ]ild Elephant. it resembled the writhings of a gigantic worm ; he coiledit and uncoiled it with restless rapidity, suddenly unfold-ing it to its full length, and coiling it up again like awatch-spring. Another, which lay otherwise motionlessin all the stupor of hopeless anguish, slowly beat theground with the extremity of his trunk, as a man indespair beats his knee with the palm of his They displayed an amount of sensitiveness and deli-cacy of touch in the foot, which was very remarkable ina limb of such clumsy dim
The wild elephant and the method of capturing and taming it in Ceylon . ]ild Elephant. it resembled the writhings of a gigantic worm ; he coiledit and uncoiled it with restless rapidity, suddenly unfold-ing it to its full length, and coiling it up again like awatch-spring. Another, which lay otherwise motionlessin all the stupor of hopeless anguish, slowly beat theground with the extremity of his trunk, as a man indespair beats his knee with the palm of his They displayed an amount of sensitiveness and deli-cacy of touch in the foot, which was very remarkable ina limb of such clumsy dimensions and protected by sothick a covering. The noosers could always force themto lift it from the ground by the gentlest touch of a leafor twig, apparently applied so as to tickle ; but the im-position of the rope was instantaneously perceived, andif it could not be reached by the trunk the other foot Sensitiveness. 133 was applied to feel its position, and if possible remove itbefore the noose could be drawn tight. One practice was incessant with almost the entireherd : in the intervals between their struggles they beatthe ground with their fore-feet, and taking up the dryearth in a coil of the trunk, they flung it dexterously overevery part of their body. Even when lying down thesand within reach was thus collected and scattered overtheir limbs; then inserting the extremity of the trunk intheir mouths, they withdrew a quantity of water, whichthey disch
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