Now given voluntarily 111 Form of the enclosure 112 Method of securing a wild herd 114 Scene when driving them into the corral 116 A failure _ib._ An elephant drove by night 118 Singular scene in the corral 119 Excitement of the tame elephants, _note_ _ib._ CHAPTER II. THE CAPTIVE. A night scene 121 Morning in the corral _ib._ Preparations for securing the captives 122 The “cooroowe,” or noosers _ib._ The tame decoys 123 First captive tied up 124 Singular conduct of the wild elephants 126 Furious attempts of the herd to escape 127 Courageous conduct of the natives 128 Variety of disposition exhibited by the herd 131 Extraordinary contortions of the captives _ib._ Water withdrawn from the stomach 133 Instinct of the decoys _ib._ Conduct of the noosers 136 The young ones and their actions 137 Noosing a “rogue,” and his death 138 Instinct of flies in search of carrion, _note_ 139 Strange scene 140 A second herd captured 142 Their treatment of a solitary elephant 143 A magnificent female elephant 144 Her extraordinary attitudes _ib._ Wonderful contortions 145 Taking the captives out of the corral 147 Their subsequent treatment and training 148 Grandeur of the scene _ib._ Story of young pet elephant 149 CHAPTER III. TRAINING AND CONDUCT IN CAPTIVITY. Alleged superiority of the Indian to the African elephant—not true 150 Ditto of Ceylon elephant to Indian 152 Process of training in Ceylon 155 Allowed to bathe 156