"The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon" by Sir James Emerson Tennent. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Sir James Emerson Tennent. The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon
The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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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Sir James Emerson Tennent
Published by Good Press, 2019
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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 enable me not only to add to the information previously possessed, but to correct some of the fallacies popularly entertained regarding their disposition and instincts. These particulars I am anxious to place on record before proceeding to describe the scenes I allude to, during the progress of the elephant hunts in the district of the Seven Korles, at which I was present in 1846, and again in 1847.
