The wild elephant and the method of capturing and taming it in Ceylon . eiving the advantage he had thusgained over the nooser, walked up of her own accord,and pushed him backwards with her head, till she madehim unwind himself again ; upon which the rope washauled tight and made fast. More than once, when awild one was extending his trunk, and would have inter-cepted the rope about to be placed over his leg, Siribeddi,by a sudden motion of her own trunk, pushed his aside,and prevented him; and on one occasion, when succes-sive eftbrts had failed to put the noose over the fore-leg ofan elephan
The wild elephant and the method of capturing and taming it in Ceylon . eiving the advantage he had thusgained over the nooser, walked up of her own accord,and pushed him backwards with her head, till she madehim unwind himself again ; upon which the rope washauled tight and made fast. More than once, when awild one was extending his trunk, and would have inter-cepted the rope about to be placed over his leg, Siribeddi,by a sudden motion of her own trunk, pushed his aside,and prevented him; and on one occasion, when succes-sive eftbrts had failed to put the noose over the fore-leg ofan elephant which was already secured by one foot, butwhich wisely put the other to the ground as often as itwas attempted to pass the noose under it, I saw thedecoy watch her opportunity, and when his foot was againraised, suddenly push in her own leg beneath it, andhold it up till the noose was attached and drawn tight. One could almost fancy there was a display of dryhumour in the manner in which the decoys thus playedwith the fears of the wild herd, and made light of their. Decoys. 135 efforts at resistance. When reluctant they shoved themforward, when violent they drove them back ; when thewild ones threw themselves down, the tame ones buttedthem with head and shoulders, and forced them up when it was necessary to keep them down, they
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