 | James Rennie - Animals - 1831 - 434 pages
...from limb. They have sharp iron spikes with a socket with three edges, which they put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again." The custom was kept up at Ceylon... | |
 | James Rennie - Elephants - 1831 - 422 pages
...from limb. They have sharp iron spikes with a socket with three edges, which they put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again." The custom was kept up at Ceylon... | |
 | 1835 - 298 pages
...then tear it in pieces, and throw it limb from limb. Sharp irons, with a socket and three edges, are put on their tusks at such times ; for the elephants...their keepers on their backs, until they throw them down and kill them ; but commonly there is notice of it before, by an oil that runs out of their checks,... | |
 | 1835 - 538 pages
...then tear it in pieces, and throw it limb from limb. Sharp irons, with a socket and three edges, are put on their tusks at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all tho ends of their tusks cut, to make them grow tho better, and they do grow out again. At some uncertain... | |
 | Child rearing - 1844 - 312 pages
...from limb. They have sharp iron spikes, with a socket with three edges, which they put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again." The custom was kept up at Ceylon... | |
 | Robert Knox - British - 2004 - 122 pages
...limb from limb. They have sharp iron with a socket with three edges, which they put on their teeth at such times ; for the elephants that are kept have all the ends of their teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again. •n,.ir dis- At some uncertain... | |
 | MRS. MILNER - 1856 - 1092 pages
...then tear it in pieces, and throw it limb from limb. Sharp irons, with a socket and three edges, are put on their tusks at such times ; for the elephants...them grow the better, and they do grow out again. . . . " The keepers of the king's elephants sometimes make sport with them after this manner : they... | |
 | R. Rajpal Kumar De Silva - Travel - 1988 - 512 pages
...limb from limb. They have a sharp Iron with a socket with three edges, which they put on their Teeth at such times; for the Elephants that are kept have all the ends of their Teeth cut to make them grow the better, and they do grow out again. At the place of Execution, there... | |
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The King makes use of them for Executioners; they will run their Teeth through the body, and then tear it in pieces, and throw it limb from limb. They have sharp Iron with a socket with three edges, which they put on their Teeth at such times; for the... 