In India they are caught by the keeper guiding one of the tame elephants towards a wild one which he has found alone or has separated from the herd¹; upon which he beats it, and when it is fatigued² mounts and manages it just the same way as the other. In Africa they take them in pit-falls; but as soon as an elephant gets into one, the others immediately collect boughs³ of trees and pile up heaps of earth, so as to form a mound⁴, and then endeavor with all their might to drag him out. It was formerly⁵ the practice to tame them by driving the herds⁶ with horsemen into a narrow defile⁷, artificially made in such a way as to deceive them by its length; and when thus enclosed by means of steep banks and trenches⁸, they were rendered tame by the effects of hunger; as a proof of which, they would quietly take a branch that was extended to them by one of the men. At the present day, when we take them for the sake of their tusks⁹, we throw darts¹⁰ at their feet, which are in general the most tender part of their body. The Troglodyt?, who inhabit the confines of ?thiopia, and who live entirely¹¹ on the flesh of elephants procured¹² by the chase, climb the trees which lie near the paths through which these animals usually pass. Here they keep a watch, and look out for the one which comes last in the train; leaping down upon its haunches, they seize its tail with the left hand, 69 and fix their feet firmly upon the left

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