The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in CeylonGood Press, 2019 M12 19 - 1491 pages As one can guess from the title, the following book is a guide, as well as a report, to capturing elephants from the wild and putting them in captivity. The elephants in question were taken from Sri Lanka, and the reports were penned by James Emerson Tennent, who was a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for the Irish seats of Belfast and of Lisburn, and a resident Colonial Secretary in Ceylon. |
Contents
PREFACE | |
HABITS WHEN WILD | |
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER II NARRATIVES OF THE NATIVES OF CEYLON RELATIVE | |
MODE OF CAPTURE | |
THE CAPTIVES | |
CONDUCT IN CAPTIVITY | |
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III | |
Old Cookery | |
INDEX | |
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