Download or read book The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in Ceylon written by James Emerson Sir Tennent and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one can guess from the title, the following book is a guide, as well as a report, to capturing elephants from the wild and putting them in captivity. The elephants in question were taken from Sri Lanka, and the reports were penned by James Emerson Tennent, who was a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for the Irish seats of Belfast and of Lisburn, and a resident Colonial Secretary in Ceylon.