 | tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...luxury of dusting themselves with sand, by flinging it from their trunks ; but it was a curious instance of their delicate sagacity, that so long as the mahout...their necks, they confined themselves to flinging it along their sides and stomach, as if aware, that to throw it over their heads and back would cause... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1859 - 700 pages
...luxury of dusting themselves with sand, by flinging it from their trunks ; but it was a curious instance of their delicate sagacity, that so long as the mahout...their necks, they confined themselves' to flinging it along their sides and stomach, as if aware, that to throw it over their heads and back would cause... | |
 | sir James Emerson Tennent (bart.) - 1859 - 702 pages
...luxury of dusting themselves with sand, by flinging it from their trunks ; but it was a curious instance of their delicate sagacity, that so long as the mahout was on then- necks, they confined themselves to flinging it along their sides and stomach, as if aware, that... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1860 - 746 pages
...to see an elephant fanning himself without being struck by the singular elegance of motion which it displays. The tame ones, too, indulged in the luxury...the wild herd, was a tusker belonging to Dehigame Kata-mahatmeya. It was not that he used his tusks for purposes of offence, but he was enabled to insinuate... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1860 - 702 pages
...to see an elephant funning himself without being struck by the singular elegance of motion which it displays. The tame ones, too, indulged in the luxury...heads and back would cause annoyance to their riders. w One of the decoys which rendered good sen-ice, and was obviously held in special awe by the wild... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1860 - 708 pages
...to see an elephant fanning himself without being struck by the singular elegance of motion which it displays. The tame ones, too, indulged in the luxury...over their heads and back would cause annoyance to then: riders. One of the decoys wliich rendered good service, and was obviously held in special awe... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Elephants - 1867 - 246 pages
...in which the decoys thus played with the fears of the wild herd, and made light of their Decoys. 135 efforts at resistance. When reluctant they shoved...the wild herd, was a tusker belonging to Dehigame Ratd-mahat-meya. It was not that he used his tusks for purposes of offence, but he was enabled to insinuate... | |
 | George John Romanes - Animal behavior - 1882 - 550 pages
...conception of every movement, both of the object to be attained and of the means to accomplish it. They manifested the utmost enjoyment in what was going...their heads and back would cause annoyance to their riders.1 Sir E. Tennent has also some observations on other uses to which tame elephants are put, which... | |
 | George John Romanes - Animal behavior - 1884 - 552 pages
...them with head and shoulders, and forced them up again. And when it was necessary to keep them clown, they knelt upon them, and prevented them from rising,...their heads and back would cause annoyance to their riders.1 Sir E. Tennent has also some observations on other uses to which tame elephants are put, which... | |
 | George John Romanes - Animal behavior - 1888 - 606 pages
...decoy, perceiving the advantage he had thus gained over the nooser, walked up of her owu accord, ami pushed him backwards with her head, till she made...their heads and back would cause annoyance to their riders.1 Sir E. Terment has also some observations on other uses to which tame elephants are put, which... | |
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When reluctant they shoved them forward, when violent they drove them back ; when the wild ones threw themselves down, the tame ones butted them with head and shoulders, and forced them up again. And when it was necessary to keep them down, they knelt... 
