Eleven Years in Ceylon, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprising Sketches of the Field Sports and Natural History of That Colony, and an Account of Its History and Antiquities (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Elephant-catching. Characteristics of Elephants. Noos ing Elephants in Open Forests. Tree-snares. Elephant Kraal. Hunting. Accident and Amputation. Elephant Charge. Gay Assembly. Rhodias. Securing the Ele phants. Elephants caught in the Square at Kandy. Native Roads. Presence of mind in an old Elephant-hunter. Acci dent. Elephant Stables. Elephants occasionally capricious and treacherous. Elephant-keeper killed. Destruction of Elephants.

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