The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-07

How the Wild Animals Are Captured
IN the Jungles.

IN the Jungles.
The elephant in India must work when
caught That does not necessarily mean
an unpleasant time for him He may
hani cannon over iIimelayan passes o.
he may take part in tiger hunts In the
Jungle he may haul logs IN the teak
forests Of Burma or, best Of all, he may
be dressed in glad rags and snare the
glory aud sports OF some native prince,
Whatever they do. all the elephants
come from the same sonfce-tho iunglca
OF central and southern India, whore
thousands OF them roam wild under the
protection Of the government. Period,
cally, when a shortage Of elephants II
felt, the forest service department or,
ganizcs roundup OF wild elephants,
For weeks nhlkaris, or huntsmcn, 70
scouting through the forest 10 discover
where elephants are most plentiful. Here
n built a stockade OF rough .hewn tree
trunks, buttressed on the outside with
wallis Of earth. It's entrance, which i
narrow, has a kind Of funnel built away
from Il, also OF tree trunks. The round.
up itself Is often done at night You
eau imagine no more weird spectacle
than the Indian forest 1T up by the
torches Of the hunters, who shouting and
yelling drive the screaming and trum.
peting elephants into the stoekade
through the funnel. Very often there
are a thousand elephants In the bunch.
aud perhaps four on Eve times that mum.
Der Of bcaters aud shikaris.
The elephants are left alone IN the
stockade for n day or 30 until they calm
down bic from their excitement and
terror. Then green food BY the ton Il
thrown In for the elephants. and grAdu-
ally a few expert trainers mounted on
tame tuskers venture In 60 make friends
with the captives. One by one the Wild
elephants are ropcd to two tame col.
leagues and then taken out Should the
Wild elephant show fight, he Is promptly
rebuked by his guardians IN a way that
admits 81 no further dispute. They take
him for walks, lead him down to the
river 10 drink aud battle. and gradually
be reconciles himself "a his fate.
II he Is a very wild fellow he Is eager.
" bought up by one OF the ruling nah.
arajahs Of India as a fighting elephant.
For in the natives states not wholly be.
longing TO Great Britain fierce eombats
between elephants are given by princes
as entertainments in honor OF distin-
guished guests also fights between tig-
ers and elephants. At an elephant fight,
which is rarely TO the death, two ma.
bouts or drivers sit upon the heads Of
the monsters. who approach each other
until separated by only a low stone
wall. Then they begin wrestling with
head and trunk and feinting this way
and that 10 prt a chance 70 make furi.
ous thrust with the tusks.
In the the elephant and tiger fights
the latter comes of second best. He
springs, Of course, and as be does 40 the
elephant curls mp his tender trunk and
permits himself 90 bc mauled by his
adversary. while his keen little eye j.
watching for an opp,sAnity 90 kneel
and crush the life out OF the tiger with
his five tons Of weight.
The largest Of all the elephants and
the most intelligent are chosen by the
government and the native princes for
the state studs. Elephants Of state have
a very easy life Of Il. They have little
or no work and only come forth on state
occasions bearing lofty towers Of silver
or gilded wood from which depend SUI
pcrb brocades and great draperies Of
cloth OF gold blazing with precious
stones. In many cases, too. the ends Of
the animals tusks arc fitted with great
bosses OF pure gold, and his massive
forehead Is armored with golden plates
stuck fun Of steel spikes.
Aloft in the silver tower will sit a
prince such Us the nizam OF Hyderabad-
whose family pedigree may be traced
back for 5000 years. Before him on
either side Of the elephant walk great
mobiles proelaiming his might and majes-
ty, while behind come picturesque cav.
airy and spearmen, more ornamental
than useful And, last of all, may
come batteries Of gold and silver can
mons drawn by teams Of elephants, six
OF eight TO each battery-New York
Sun.