The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon
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"During my residence in Ceylon, I had on two occasions opportunities of witnessing the operation on a grand scale, of capturing wild elephants, intended to be trained for the Government service in the establishment of the Civil Engineer and Commissioner of Roads; - and in the course of my frequent journeys through the interior of the island, I succeeded in collecting so many facts relative to the habits of these animals so interesting in a state of nature, as to enable me not only add to the information previously possessed, but to correct some of the fallacies popularly entertained regarding ...
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- THE WILD ELEPHANT AND THE METHOD OF CAPTURING AND TAMING IT IN CEYLON.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- PART I. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS.
- CHAPTER I. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS.
- CHAPTER II. HABITS WHEN WILD.
- APPENDIX TO CHAPTER II. NARRATIVES OF THE NATIVES OF CEYLON RELATIVE TO ENCOUNTERS WITH ROGUE ELEPHANTS.
- CHAPTER III. ELEPHANT SHOOTING.
- NOTE.
- PART II. MODE OF CAPTURE.
- CHAPTER I. AN ELEPHANT CORRAL.
- CHAPTER II. THE CAPTIVES.
- CHAPTER III. CONDUCT IN CAPTIVITY.
- APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX.
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