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Title: Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history Ethnology World history
Publisher: Boston : Balch Bros.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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water. In all parts of India, except in theNorthwest provinces, the elephant eitherabounds or may be discov- Natire land ofered for the seeking. That S:„^St-part of India which fur- ™g-nishes the best supply is the hill-countryforming the northeastern boundary be-tween Hindustan and Aseam and Bur-mah. Here the monster not infrequentlyreaches the height of twelve feet, andbut for his clumsiness he would be themost formidable natural foe that manhas found on the earth. The huntersmust approach him on foot. Horses aregenerally an impediment. Several meth-ods have been adopted of taking theelephant alive. The hunt to the death isnot only dangerous in the last degree,but difficult on account of the invulnera-bility of the animal. Nearly all parts ofhis anatomy are proof against the bulletof even improved firearms. In a fewspots the well-directed ball may reachthe seat of life. Generally the killing of an elephant isa tedious and barbarous work. This isnow forbidden by the government of
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THE INDICANS.—RESOURCES. 699 British India except in cases of neces-sity, but the capture alive of elephantsis much practiced. The Capture alive; methods of tak- taking, however, IS undermgan ammg. g^^.^^,^ regulation of law. In 1887-88 two hundred and sixty-fourelephants were captured in the provinceof Assam. The profit of this workamounted to three thousand six hundredpounds sterling. It is a governmentmonopoly. In 1873-74 Mr. Sanderson,one of the officers of the government inMysore, studied the habit of the elephant,and devised a plan by which he capturedfifty-three animals in a single hunt.The former method of taking the crea-ture was by driving him into a pit. Inthis he was generally made to fall upona sharpened stake, which worked itsway into his vitals. The prevailingmethod is to find a company of elephantsin the forest, to rouse them and drivethem into a strong stockade, where they-are shut up and reduced, by starvationand by the agency of tame elephants, toSubmission and do

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