The Wild Elephant And The Method Of Capturing And Taming It In Ceylon. This item is unavailable.The Wild Elephant And The Method Of Capturing And Taming It In Ceylon

A very scarce first edition detailing the colonial interest in the capture and training of wild elephants in colonial Ceylon, illustrated throughout. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edition.Illustrated with three plates, including a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.An account of the capture and domestication of wild elephants in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, describing traditional methods of elephant hunting, the organisation of large-scale "kraals" or enclosures, and the training of captured animals.A fascinating study of elephant capture practices in colonial Ceylon, documenting techniques that were already becoming a topic of European debate. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to cloth at head of spine. Bumping resulting in slight creasing to cloth towards corners of boards. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but firm. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Very Good. …