keddah

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A fresh circle nearer to the keddah is then formed in the same way, and into this the elephants are admitted from the first one, the hunters following from behind, and lighting new fires around the newly inclosed space.

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  • A fresh circle nearer to the keddah is then formed in the same way, and into this the elephants are admitted from the first one, the hunters following from behind, and lighting new fires around the newly inclosed space. —  Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
  • He was born with the memory of jungle kingdoms, and the life in the elephant lines almost killed him with dulness There was never anything to do but nurse of the strong elephant milk and roam about in the keddah or along the lines. —  O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
  • And Ahmad Din wished his keddah were completed, for never could there be a better opportunity to surround the herd than at the present moment, when they had forgotten all things except the battling monsters in the centre of the ring The two bulls were quite evenly matched. —  O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
  • Muztagh had come into his birthright VII The keddah was built at last. —  O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
  • The man who stands at the end of the wings, or wide-stretching gates, of the keddah is of course in the greatest danger of being charged and killed. —  O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
 

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