Summary: came to her aid, and, seizing the rope"with his trunk, uttered a loud cry as he helped to drag her to her feet. Once up, an attempt was made to make her fast in a quadrangle of trees, one of them bent down and slips being passed over the rope; but as she endeavoured to rush between two, they gave way, and she broke loose, dragging after her the swing that had been prepared for her. The Rata-Mahatmeya then gave Siribeddi orders to catch the animal, and with her fore-feet tied, pinioned her to the ground with an elephant-chain, as in former cases; whilst the tame one, on being left free, was subjected to the same treatment, but without the slightest show of resistance, display of sagacity, or the least act of cruelty. By two in the afternoon., twenty-four-tuskers and seven cows had been caught and secured; three had.flown from the platforms at the door when the host was reduced to hard straits, running wildly up and down the verandah, or plunging into the immediate neighbourhood of the women, who rushed into the enclosure, and, armed with axes and large knives, cut off their tails without mercy as they passed. It was, perhaps, pusillanimity on my part to be over- come with such compunction ; but my feelings kept pace with the condition of the poor beasts; and, without re- flection on the necessity of the case, I could not but ex- traet the application of so horribly cruel and hazardous a process. But it had to be done,—and then my dis- consolate “ good-night” told Bill that such unsavory busi- ness had no dramatic sequelae.” On the fourth day, Siribeddi betrayed the Sigiri,, which had already given orders to her whilom associates. It was found that the second of their territory, not far off, had been marked during the night by the beast-god's stalker, and the herds had come up boldly and paused at the Limits of the particular pre-cinct to which they had always assigned. Here, too, was found Devi, the hand-maid of the Sigiri, who had, note By the customs requires the tribe to take part in and settle hunting sormes [y HS. this week old curious old custom to mn.]

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