54                A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS.

cooly to mount and dress the wounds. This elephant after a course
of tonics made an excellent recovery (see Appendix B).

The kya-pazat is used for the recapture of escaped elephants.
Some animals after being free for a time,
though permitting men they know to ap-
proach them, will not allow them to mount,
so this kind of kya-pazat is used (see Fig.
20) ; the head is similar to an ordinary
pitch-fork, but barbed like a fish-hook, it
is wide enough to stick on to a limb ; a light
chain or rope is attached to a ring on it.
The head can be fixed on a long bamboo.
The man sneaks about the jungle after his
animal and when opportunity offers sticks
the pitch-fork on a hind limb ; the handle
soon comes out, but before long the rope
or chain gets entangled in bushes, and the
animal cannot get away.

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FIG. 20.—Kya-pazat (tiger's
mouth).

A more barbarous method employed
by Karens and Shans is to load a gun
with a piece of pointed cane, pyingado or
thingan. If it does not lame the animal
sufficiently to effect his capture it upsets
his temper and makes him a nasty customer to meet.

Most mahouts arm themselves with a light iron hook fixed into
a cane or bamboo handle about 2 ft. in length
(Fig. .21). It should only be employed in
emergencies. Some drivers only use a pointed
stick.

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FIG. 21.—Driving hook
with iron head and
wooden shaft.

From time to time endless other coercive
appliances have been devised for purposes of
restraint (Fig. 22) ; though patience and

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FIG. 22.—Iron chain collar with
sharp points.

gentleness should be exercised in dealing with
any animal, it is still more necessary in these
creatures, and everything should be tried
before forcible measures are resorted to.