PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PART I. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS.

PART II. MODE OF CAPTURE.

THE

WILD ELEPHANT.

LONDON
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THE

WILD ELEPHANT
AND
THE METHOD OF CAPTURING
AND TAMING IT IN
CEYLON.

BY

SIR J. EMERSON TENNENT, Bart.
K.C.S. LL.D. F.R.S. &c.
AUTHOR OF “CEYLON, AN ACCOUNT OF THE ISLAND,
PHYSICAL, HISTORICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL,”
ETC.

LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1867.

TO

MY INTELLIGENT COMPANION

IN MANY OF THE JOURNEYS THROUGHOUT THE MOUNTAINS AND
FORESTS OF CEYLON, IN THE COURSE OF WHICH MUCH
OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS
VOLUME WAS COLLECTED;
TO
MAJOR SKINNER,
CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF ROADS AND PUBLIC WORKS,
ETC., ETC.
ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED AND VALUABLE SERVANTS OF
THE CROWN;
IT IS INSCRIBED,
IN THE HOPE THAT IT MAY RECALL TO HIM THE
PLEASANT MEMORIES WHICH IT
AWAKES IN ME.