The wild elephant and the method of capturing and taming it in Ceylon . f him, till the three stood nearly abreast. He madeno resistance, but betrayed his uneasiness by shiftingrestlessly from foot to foot. Ranghani now crept up,and, holding the rope open with both hands (its otherextremity being made fast to Siribeddis collar), andwatching the instant when the wild elephant lifted itshind-foot, succeeded in passing the noose over its leg,drew it close, and fled to the rear. The two tameelephants instantly fell back, Siribeddi stretched therope to its full length, and, whilst she dragged out t
The wild elephant and the method of capturing and taming it in Ceylon . f him, till the three stood nearly abreast. He madeno resistance, but betrayed his uneasiness by shiftingrestlessly from foot to foot. Ranghani now crept up,and, holding the rope open with both hands (its otherextremity being made fast to Siribeddis collar), andwatching the instant when the wild elephant lifted itshind-foot, succeeded in passing the noose over its leg,drew it close, and fled to the rear. The two tameelephants instantly fell back, Siribeddi stretched therope to its full length, and, whilst she dragged out thecaptive, her companion placed himself between her andthe herd to prevent any interference. In order to tie him to a tree he had to be drawnbackwards some twenty or thirty yards, making furiousresistance, bellowing in terror, plunging on all sides, andcrushing the smaller timber, which bent like reeds be-neath his clumsy struggles. Siribeddi drew him steadilyafter her, and wound the rope round the proper tree,holding it all the time at its full tension, and stepping. Siribeddi. 12 5 cautiously across it when, in order to gi\e it a secondturn, it was necessary to. pass between the tree andthe elephant. With a-coil round the stem, however, itwas beyond her strength to haul the prisoner close up,which was, nevertheless, necessary in order to makehim perfectly fast; but the second tame one, perceivingthe difficulty, returned from the herd, confronted thestruggling prisoner, pushed him shoulder to shoulder,and head to head, forcing him backwards, whilst ateveiy step Siribeddi hauled in the slackened rope till shebrought him fairly up to the foot of the tree, where hewas made fast by the cooroowe people. A second noosewas then passed over the other hind-leg, and securedlike the first, both legs being afterwards hobbled to-gether by ropes made from the fibre of the kitool orjaggery palm, which, being more flexible than that ofthe coco nut, occasions less formidable ulcerations. Thetw
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