New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

Yards funnel they tie white cloths (about
feet wide) to the trees on either side for a rur
Their 300 yards, and the end OF the funnel In ths.
case was about half a mile wide; this white cIofs
seems a small thing to keep wild elephants
straight. but they tell me 1t is effective Wills
the herd Is being quietly driven.
3:30-Just had our tiffin- The drive is over
and only got thirteen and three britcha.
(yOungsters). L got into my machan at 9:B
with Khalil, and the elephants all in ths
keddah by 1925 which ID. G. says is the quick
est drive he has ever had 1 was aWfuIly ex-
cited and Khalil was speeches.. The thin
that struck me most was the oppressive silence
before the drive started, as, although I knew,
there were two thousand men close around me
1 could not see or hear one After waiting abOut
half hour the row began, every man yelling
his soul out. rattles going and guns being fired
At last we heard crashing OF jungle In the fun
mel just below us, and we saw a big tusker FORE
ing his way through He went straight I'D ana
into the keddah and then turned and came haIf
down again. and met the rest Of the herd and
/ they all stopped and seemed to be considering
the situation.
BY this time the line Of heaters was within
fifty yards of them. and I thought they wer,
going charge the men, but evidently thez
couldn't face the noise and the fire, and Soma
| or the men firing at them with DuckshOt, 80
| they suddenly turned and rushed into the keS-
dab, and I saw the gate fall Then the gong
sounded and all was over. don't think that
/ told YOU they light three lines Of TIRE in ~.
drive directly the elephants and OeateTs havs
passed-one just outside the funnel one Just m
side, and the third just inside the stockade psrs
Of the funnel / stayed in the machan abOut
| five minutes after this d. C. told me not 10
j
and v. one each side OF the gate, on top o. Tia
keddah keep firing down into it. I got down
| to see what they were doing, and climbed up To
| the top OF the gate and had hardly got thers
when big elephant charged straight at Il n
did give me a start This I found on. was what
they were firing at shooting with No shot at
| the forehead Of any elephant that charged tn.
gate. One grand old tusker did IL five tines
and his forehead was streaming with blood from
| the shot d. G. says it only makes flesh wounds
| The gate is the weakest part Of the keddab I'm
| II is shored up from outside with heavy tim
bers. D. C. had to go down just now and IN
one OF the tuskers as it was fighting tt was a
great pity. as it the second largest standing
about SO feet The biggest is a grand brute.
standing feet 8 inches D. c. SAYS but X
| looks to me much bigger.
Sunday. 12th.-To-day has been a very inter-
| esting one, and / have been top Of the keddah
all day except hour for tifin seeing the catcb
| tied up. There are elephants trained especially
for this work, called koonkies 0hey are an r.
/ males. as tuskers would probably fght) and
/ eleven OF these, with their mahOuts, were
brought close up to the gate. and then a second
gate was built behind them in case Of accidents
Then the big gate was opened and In they
went, and the gate closed behind them. I looked
for a free fight at once a sort OF Roman arena
business but the wild ones evidently rnistook
them for Of their friends left outside by
mistake. Still I can't for the life Of me make
out why they didn't so for the mahOuJs. II was
the same all day; they didn't take the slightest
notice OF the men The plan Of operations was
10 single out the animal they wanted 10 tie I'D.
Then the kOonkies backed toward the herd
driving them TO one side or the keddah. and
then manoeuvred to get the one they wanted be-
tween them. Then they leaned inward and so
damned him tight and then two men crept N
and hObbled his hind legs. Next a stout rope
fastened TO one hind leg, and he was pushed
backward and fastened close to the side OF The
I keddah to of the supporters. OF course this
takes time. as they fight every inch Of the way
/ The big tusker had a rope put round each fore
/ leg as we'll and pulled taut II gives one great
/ respect for the strength Of the keddah when
one has seen what it viii stand as / have to
/ day. Some elephants literally stood on their
/ heads in straining TO get their hind legs free
| One small tusker made himself so very cbjec-
4 tiOnable that a big kOonkie was ordered 70 give
| him a thrashing which she did thoroughly
| knocking him down three times kneeling on
| him and kicking him II did him good. as he be-
/ haved more like a gentleman afterward
When they all tied I'D the outer gate
was removed and the big gate opened then a
| big hawser put around each ones neck and
fastened 10 a kOCnkIe. and another kOonkie on
| to a rope to one hind leg an anchor, and
| away he was led to the pUlkhana, about half 4
mile away. There they are tied Up 10 trees fore
and aft, and left till they start for the base
camp One old female took five kOonkies 70 taxa
her away, and she wasn't a particularly large
one. either. The big tusker was taken out last
and sight 10 see. He had five harnessed
on to him in frOnt-fOur on TO his neck and one
on TO one front leg-and three behind and these
eight couldn't DO anything with him So three
more were called up TO help him along and
even then they had their work cut out.