Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-08-02

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who answered 10 the name of Abdul, and
who is said TO know more about ele-
plants than any other man in the world
Through his efforts the nawab's herd
of elephants has grown TO be one of the
largest in India. Frequently in the
travels of the nawab the elephant
train numbers threescore. This, of
course, is in their own country. During
the nawab's present journey around
the world, however, the elephants are
turned out to grass, so to speak, but
the faithful Abdul, 10y virtue of his long
service in providing transportation
facilities for his master at home, ac-
companies him abroad and shares with
him in humble way the varied expert
ences of testing the means of transpor-
taticn where elephants are not avail
able
Abdul, the elephant trainer, has
picked up quite knowledge of Eng
lish from the British officers and their
servants with whom lac has come in con
tact in different hunting expeditions. and
be told something about the methods
adopted TO keep an elephant herd full
OF good animals, and also about how
The beasts are trained. The medium of
an interpreter had 70 Toe resorted 10 be-
fore the interview was finished. how
ever, and the facts as ascertained are
herewith presented
The secret of catching the elephant,
according 10 the authority of this serv-
ant of the nawab, is very much like
that which lures many a man 70 his
fate. IL Is the female elephant who is
the chief factor. When "a herd OF wild
elephants Is discovered a tame female
Is sent ont to put in an appearance in
the neighborhood. IT seems to make
no difference that man is mounted on
the females back. The male elephant.
once he gets sight Of this strange fe-
male Of his own kind. will leave the
other females of the herd and follow
the stranger wherever she may lead.
And what then?" asked the reporter.
Sometimes she leads him where men
lie in wait 60 clip q moose over his hind
leg as he lifts it from the ground, and
sometime she leads him into a corral.
J was once in an elephant hunt where
a single female decoyed twelve males
into trap" said the swarthy son of
the jungle
This corral, from the description
given, seems 20 be much the same sort
Of a thing as the climax Of rabbit
drive, only on very gigantic scale.
bdul calledit "lceddah" He said +,
was formed Of trunks Of trees in the
heart Of forest. a second inclostr,
leading out Of the first and stiT nm.
other smaller one ,caIug ont n. Tie
second. The best elephants in the herd
are easily dccoyed by the females
through these successive Enclosures
where they are caught with ,tr5up
ropes and then led away between two
trained captive elephants
Sometimes there are thousand mon
driving elephants toward q EcddrL. r
said Abdul. in answer tJ query
hey make q circle round Tho herd
contracting DO little by little. and at
night building fire.. fresh circle
nearer 20 tho keddah b. Thea formed
and The elephants arc let into this from
the first one without their knowing II.
for no unnecessary noise Is set made
The fires are kept burning brcaus. an
elephant cordially dctest, flame and
smoke.
This sort Of thing 3. kept up for
days and days until thc herd ha. been
brought sufficiently close to warrant
the making of final rush. Tho entire
party then closes in at dusk .vitl
torches and guns aud kettle. ana
shouts and thc elephants. terribly ter
rihed. rush into the kcddah and Nc
opening is closed aud ibcs rannoi
escape OF course they try to gct out
but the noise aud tbc torches and
spears drive them back au3 they arc