ing ground for the elephants. Although much has been done to decrease the number of these destructive animals, they still occasionally infest the paths to the foot of the Pass, and not long ago an officer was com- pelled to fly as fast as his horse could carry him, with his horse-keeper and grass-cutter clinging to his tail, from the assault of a single elephant, who, having been driven from his herd, was ready for any act of fury or destruction. But the Collector, who has a large establishment of Shikaries (huntsmen), will take care to keep this tract clear in future, especially at the season when the elephants come down, and the road 38 FALLS OF THE CAVERY, is so level and good, that a good hard gallop is a fit prelude to the slower pace, at which the pass must be ascended. As the mode practised in taking the elephant in Coimbatoor differs from that in use in Ceylon, and may afford gratification to many of my sporting friends, I shall give them a description of it in the following chapter. AND NE1LGHERRY HILLS. 39 CHAPTER III. " Meanwhile in troops, " The busy hunter-train mark out the ground,