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The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon

Note 147 — Chapter III · CONDUCT IN CAPTIVITY.

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Διπλῆς δέ φασιν εὐπορῆσαι καρδίας· Καὶ τῇ μὲν εἶναι θυμικὸν τὸ θηρίον Εἰς ἀκρατῆ κίνησιν ἠρεθισμένον, Τῇ δὲ προσηνὲς καὶ θρασύτητος ξένον. Καὶ πῇ μὲν αὐτῶν ἀκροᾶσθαι τῶν λόγων Οὓς ἄν τις Ἰνδὸς εὖ τιθασεύων λέγοι, Πῇ δὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τοὺς νομεῖς ἐπιτρὲχειν Εἰς τὰς παλαιὰς ἐκτραπὲν κακουργίας. Phile, Expos. de Eleph. l. 126, &c.

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