As part of my blast from the past series from the old newspapers that I own ...
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| The Illustrated London News - 13th August 1864 |
I thought that you might be interested in how to capture an elephant in
Ceylon. Not a story that we see in the newspapers of today, but the sort
of subject matter of abiding interest to our ancestors of even just
sixty years ago, let alone those of 150 years ago, when much of the world
was fearful, heathenish, exotic and mysterious in about equal measures.
Even in 1902, Joseph Conrad was able to describe the Belgium Congo as the 'Heart of Darkness' (a tag that particular state has never lost),
but other areas, such as Britain's Indian Empire, which included
Ceylon, were seen as more exotic. So The Illustrated London News August
1864 was able to include in a packed edition, a very interesting story
from Ceylon on the capturing and taming of wild elephants.
The story starts with a detailed background explanation of the capture .....
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| The Main Story |
But then its accompanied by some very rich illustrations .....
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| The 'Krall' and the Grandstand for the Europeans |
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| The Beaters And Tamed Elephant .... |
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With Beautifully Drawn Pictures Of
Wild Elephants And Captured Elephant |
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Captured Elephant Led Away By Tame Elephants
..... A Rather Brutal Practise. |
Photographs may have removed the need for these kind of illustrations but there's no denying that we certainly lost a little bit of beauty when they went.
Please note that for the purposes of the post, I have
cleaned the newsprint and images up.
Thank you for this. I like to get acopy. Also like to get what the paper published on the royal visits between 1876 and 1936 involving elephant capture
ReplyDeleteSorry, I only have a few of these original old Newspapers, and they are random in dates. As far as I know, outside of the British, or other large Libraries (which were obliged to keep copies of newspapers for official records), they are the only copies except where collectors have saved them ... For this particular publication there is in fact a website archive but its for institutions only.
DeleteBut try these sites:
Illustrated London News
Illustrated London News Prints
Mary Evans Collection
If you go to these sites, and enter in the dates or search terms you are looking for and you may find what you want.
Good Luck, and thanks for the comment ...
Thank you. can I use some of the pictures in this and cite the website?
ReplyDeleteHelp yourself my friend .... That goes for any pictures on this site. I only ever object to post scraping, which uses all the blog content disguised as someone else's work.
DeleteThank you So much. I will cite this and the newspaper. Hope you find more on elephants. All the best of luck
DeleteThe pictures are wonderful. Thanks for posting them up.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed them.
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