The docility of these animals could be better illustrated by the aptitude which they manifest in the capture of their wild brethren. In some parts of India a tame elephants is taught to walk on a narrow path between two pitfalls, which are covered with branches, and then to go into the woods and induce the wild herd to come that way. He walks slowly onward till near the trap, and then hurries away as if in sport, passing safely between the pits, while some of those which follow him are immediately trapped. It has been observed that such wild elephants as have escaped the snare always pursue the traitor with the utmost fury; and if they can overtake him which sometimes happens, they beat him to death.