The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13

fin. l had Khalil with me an !, e
elephant, and | don't think he en,,s., &
himself. We had to cross two small e 81
ers and climbing up the steep barb, !. II
the opposite side our elephant was ns.. r
~ perpendicular and we were holainv n
like flies on n wall. Then we got ~ IS
thick jungle grass and Khalil said. M.
ter, have you got pistole? | think ~.
will be tiger" Directly We arrival =
went off to inspect the keddah ana n. Il
mel. and found them both built ara \. Il
men busy In dressing them with hsr II
boo branches. The drive takes Mas !. Il
morrow morning and they have mad u
maChan Ga PLATFORM for me IN a ~ II
tree. The elephants are now In ub.. y
called 'the surround" This means ~, Il
they are surrounded by men In pISkss ! d
three, placed seventy-flve Yards anart ~ II
this surround is about five miles ronrs y
The first duty of the men when .hsy =. =
placed is TO cut the Jungle on TO the s,r b
pIchet, In some cases only about A., q
yards wide, in others thirty or fa4, B.
yards. according TO the nature AZ a. Y
country. 1t Is a well-known fact tAg 4
wild elephants viii not face the on. q
IL they can possibly help It. At nrs
time each picket lights fire and vhe
they hear the elephants moving ,ovas
they they make night hideous with vii
ing and rattles. | hope the elephasv
won't break through and come across on
camp. or there will be nothing left Of M
but don't fancy this will keep me awab
tonight, for I'm awfully sleepy.
Tran for the Animals.
am going to try to describe the kea.
dab and funnel to you. The first | w
disappointed in as regards size. DON
txh /
much larger. This one is only fifty feet
diameter. ~. c. says II will hold 40 AZ
phants--it doesn't look to me as II 4
would hold $50 sheep. but he known what
he Is talking about and he doesn't expe.
to catch more than twenty-five In iwa
days drive. It's enormously strungy
built the upright posts being sunk elah
feet into the ground and outside sup
porting ones five feet to six feet
all are trunks of trees cut h |
the jungle and tied together viii |
stout rope. The inside is thtk
ly filed with bamboos stuck b
the ground to represent jungle. whit |
the herd trample fiat before they bar |
been inside three minutes The funnt |
stockaded In the same way for 80 yasds /
the timbers are being dressed with ban
boos and the original jungle In the mieA !
left standing. Where 1t Is thin Or hn .
been trampled down II Is filed up Gt |
ficially. AT the ei>% or the oo-yaro'iunus
they tie white cloths tabout three ~ .
wide) to the trees on either side 70
further 300 yards ana the END OK ~ W.
mel In this case was about haiE n.y.
wide. this white cloth seems 49,
thing to Keep Wild elephants eu.enL
but they tell me II is effectiv6 Whle - |
herd is being quietly driven.
An Exciting Drive.
o.ao rrst bad our tlean Ths. dina \
go ora xva onlv yot thirteen ana |
hr,,o,,as 1,ou,gstors1 eot into nv mr.
ohan az a.iS with IShalil and the elspAauis
xYara ali In the keddah nv 10G. which D /
~ saya Co tho ouicleat drive he has ess
Ma yaa apfuIIv axcited and ma
y,aa snsachiess The thing that struck ns
-. 20, a.. o,>,rosa,,e si,epee before Cs
III startad az althongh ! knew thsn
49, a 900 -, 49,, = round ma couN
w. 80 w. haar o,,a Arter WAITING sbou
.o,s - -, .,a ,o,,, heyan everv ma
..a,i,s,- 80. a,,,i -. r,ttloa yoinc ara ran
Sei,'s a,a5 A, iast ,ya hoard crashing 4
$50 T., A. s,,,,rai ,,,s, helov IA and n
~. 1870. e,,.,,,s, Ne puv thruufh
r. -. ,raie,ht ~ ara into ths keddhh
L's 49,, ,,,.,,as and cama haIf dosa
80 -, "a - Az rast m Tho herd. ~
,ts1s, ~ s,aa,aaa ana seemed 10 be- CO..
sIaertn, the situation.
BY this time tho line of heaters W
within fifty yards OF them and thour
they were going to charge the men, pu
evidently they couldn't face the noise ~
the fire, some OF the men nfins =
them with huckshot. and they suoaenl
turned and rushed into the keddah ana
saw the gate fall. Then the gong SOUND,