THE ELEPHANT
Elephant Shooting.
- Vast numbers shot in Ceylon [142]
- Revolting details of elephant killing in Africa [142]
- Fatal spots at which to aim [143]
- Structure of the bones of the head [144]
- Wounds which are certain to kill [145]
- Attitudes when surprised [148]
- Peculiar movements when reposing [148]
- Habits when attacked [150]
- Sagacity of native trackers [150]
- Courage and agility of the elephants in escape [151]
- Worthlessness of the carcass [153]
- Singular recovery from a wound (note) [154]
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THE ELEPHANT.
An Elephant Corral.
- Early method of catching elephants [156]
- Capture in pit-falls [156]
- By means of decoys [157]
- Panickeas—their courage and address [158]
- Their sagacity in following the elephant [159]
- Mode of capture by the noose [160]
- Mode of taming [161]
- Method of leading the elephants to the coast [162]
- Process of embarking them at Manaar [162]
- Method of capturing a whole herd [163]
- The "keddah" in Bengal described [164]
- Process of enclosing a herd [165]
- Process of capture in Ceylon [165]
- An elephant corral and its construction [166]
- An elephant hunt in Ceylon, 1847 [167]
- The town and district of Kornegalle [167]
- The rock of Ætagalla [168]
- Forced labour of the corral in former times [170]
- Now given voluntarily [171]
- Form of the enclosure [172]
- Method of securing a wild herd [173]
- Scene when driving them into the corral [174]
- A failure [176]
- An elephant drove by night [177]
- Singular scene in the corral [178]
- Excitement of the tame elephants (note) [178]