The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in CeylonAsian Educational Services, 2002 - 198 pages Sri Lanka; Ceylon; (reprint London 1867 edn.) |
Contents
Faculty of storing water | 39 |
Power of climbing moun | 51 |
Method of capturing a whole | 103 |
First captive tied | 124 |
Facilitated by the joint of | 132 |
Furious attempts of the herd | 140 |
A herd is a family | 158 |
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Adam's Peak ÆLIAN African elephant alarm amongst animal appears approach ARISTOTLE assailant attempted Badulla body branches brushwood captive close coco-nut Colombo companions coolies corral creature Ctesias decoys described DICUIL drive Dutch elephant of Ceylon elephant's enclosure evinced excitement exhibited fallacy feet female fence fires foot force fore fore-leg forest formed front habits head height hind legs horse hunters India Indian elephant instinct island ivory jungle Kandy keddah keeper killed latter length limbs mahout Major SKINNER males natives nature night noose noosers observed occasion Panickeas passage passed peculiar phant PHILE pingoes proboscis raising Ranghani rest Rodiyas rogue rope rushed sagacity says screams secured seen shot shoulder side Singhalese Sir EVERARD HOME Siribeddi smell species sportsmen stockade stomach Sumatra tank TEMMINCK timidity Trachea tree trumpeting trunk tusker tusks vicinity watchers whilst whole herd wild elephants wounded young δὲ καὶ τῶν