a twisted wire. The angels are made each of two pieces of gold; the front piece has been pressed into a mould, and cut close round at the edges of the figure, and then a flat piece soldered on at the back. The wings are separate, and have lines showing the general disposition of the feathers. Though these ear-rings look massive, they are in reality very light. They belong to the finest period of Etruscan art, and were probably made about the fifth century before Christ. Unfortunately, the place of their discovery is not recorded. There is another similar pair in the same collection, much smaller, and the winged figures, perhaps symbolic of Victory, are holding up discs on which is a design of the full face of the sun, with rays in low relief.

The dolphin ear-rings (Fig. 2) are the same in manner of work, though of a much later date. They are made in two pieces, and are ornamented with tracery in twisted gold filigree. They were found at Tarentum, in southern Italy, and belonged to the collection formed by M. Castellani.

The very curious armlet found at Cære, in Etruria, by M. Castellani (Fig. 3), is one of the most remarkable pieces of work in his collection. It consists of one long strip of gold having two crosspieces, one at each end, all decorated in low relief, and enriched with rows of delicate grains of gold along the lines of the design, and in the Greek fret used as a supplementary framing. The design of three symbolic figures, perhaps of Venus, holding conventional lilies, is repeated four times. On the end pieces is a spirited design of men struggling with lions. The granulated work on this armlet is very delicate, but on a safety-pin in the same collection, of a simple design in itself, is a running pattern drawn so accurately and closely with separate grains of gold that it is hardly possible to realize that it is not traced out in wire.

Another very delicate specimen indeed is the head of a satyr used as a pendant for a necklace. These two specimens are too fine to lend themselves well to illustration, but with the exception of the smallness, the work is identical with that shown on the armlet.

The safety-pin in the form of a lion (Fig. 4) is early Etruscan work. The lion is very finely modelled, and finished with a little chased work on his mane

and head. He is made of thin gold moulded and soldered at the edges, and is very light. The socket for the pin is ornamented with a design in delicate filigree-work. It was found at Cære, the modern Cervetri.

The beautiful gold necklace with pendants (Fig. 5) forms part of the Castellani collection in the British Museum. It consists of a circlet of roses bearing alternate pendants of vases and female heads exquisitely modelled. The roses are each composed of three rosettes of diminishing sizes superimposed, each petal edged with a minute twisted wire, with a little head in the centre. In the centre part of the necklace, where it is thickest, these roses are divided from each other by a piece of gold cut into a design of two crescents back to back, with patterns traced in filigree and a tiny rosette in the centre, and from each of these divisions hangs a little female head in low relief.

Of the pendants, the centre head is simply that of a beautiful girl, and the two side ones next to it that have cows' horns and ears represent the goddess Io, who was changed into a cow by Jupiter. The remaining heads are the same as that of Io, only without the horns and ears. All these heads are made of thin gold pressed into deep moulds, backed with a flat piece, and then finished with a chasing tool; each has a filigree necklace and a loop for a pendant. Possibly at one time they all had similar pendants to that still remaining on the centre head. The vases are made in a similar way, of two pieces of gold finished with a little chasing. The heads, and drops at each end, are adorned with filigree tracery. This necklace, which is Etruscan work of the finest period-about 600 B.C. was discovered at Tarentum.

The curious ear-rings in the form of a snake with a goat's head bridled (Fig. 6) are very quaint in design; they are of similar work to the Etruscan work, but were found at Corfu. They are part of the "Woodhouse" collection, and are of thin gold ornamented with filigree-work.

The beautiful fibula, or safety-pin (Fig. 7), with the ram's head is a representative of a very large class; safety-pins of a similar construction have been made in all kinds of metals, and apparently by many nations. They have been largely found in Sardinia, at Camirus in Rhodes, and in France; in fact, they almost always

usually had nothing more exciting to behold than a bullock tonga. The devices of the triumphal arches were mostly in English, and some were extremely funny, although seriously meant, as "Tell your grandmother we are happy!" Some were in the native Canarese, the vernacular of Mysore.

About mid-day we came to a halt, and here we had to leave the carriages and take to the saddle, as the road became impassable for wheels; and after a ride of about five miles through dense jungle, and in which we had to ford several rivers, we at last reached the camp, situated at a place called Yelserega. It was beautifully laid out on the top of a hill, at an elevation of 3500 feet above sealevel, at the foot of the Belligherry Ranjan Hills, that attain here a height of 6000 feet, and are a branch of the Neilgherry Hills. The site of this camp was only a few weeks before a dense mass of jungle, that under the superintendence of Mr. McHutchin and Dr. Benson became a perfect little village of canvas

other, were the tents. The roads were well lighted with street lamps at night; and the whole of it looked as though it were to last forever, and not to be given over to the jungle again, as it was after our departure. A long broad road lay down the centre to the Prince's tent, near which, to the right, was the dining or mess tent. Everything was perfect, and there was nothing forgotten by Major McIntyre, who arranged the interior of the tents to secure our comfort and happiness. They were as luxurious as could be--the floors were covered with carpets on a thick layer of soft matting, our bedsteads were surrounded with mosquito curtains, bath rooms ready with fresh tubs of cold mountain spring water, easy-chairs and couches galore, and after our hot and dusty ride a "peg " of whiskey and soda well iced ready at our call. The mess tent was splendidly arranged with hanging lamps, and the table beautifully decorated with sweet flowers, with many clean and smart-looking "boys" to wait on us. Here an excellently

cooked and well-served breakfast awaited us, and immediately after that we rode to the kheddah-a ride through denser jungle, if possible, than before, of about another five miles. This was situated in a moist valley of the mountain range, covered with splendid forests of teak, tamarind, and peepul trees, intersected by large clumps of bamboos, and watered by a small river, with creepers thicker than a man's thigh, and sometimes three hundred yards long, climbing from tree to tree, the trunks covered with aged gray moss, and ferns of every description growing everywhere. Many parts of this valley have never yet been trodden by man's foot, and its swamps and rugged rocks are barriers that without great labor cannot be overcome.

Here Mr. Sanderson met us to conduct us to one of its nooks where the kheddah is constructed. We dismounted and walked to a stand that had been erected, well disguised by foliage, from which we could watch the proceedings without being seen by the wily beasts-a great necessity, as by some smali carelessness sometimes the labor of weeks has been foiled at the last moment. The kheddah is a large enclosure of huge wooden beams and tree trunks, of about a mile and a half in circumference, with a smaller enclosure of about a hundred yards diameter opening from it, the whole surrounded inside with a ditch of some six feet width and depth. There is a gate opening into the enclosure, and from that another into the smaller These gates are constructed like the traps that they really are, and are dropped as soon as the captured herd is once safely in. They are weighted with enormous stones, and it takes about sixty strong men to lift one.

one.

When we were all stationed, Mr. Sanderson took his place to direct the beat, and soon a shot-the given signal-announced the commencement of the drive. The herd had been previously enclosed some way off by a long line of beaters, numbering about four hundred, and had been driven there gently from a long distance. In the night they are kept in their places by huge fires lighted at equal distances from each other and surrounding them entirely, and the beaters have to be extremely careful that they do not get frightened in any way, as they will then suddenly break through the line, and perhaps not stop again for sixty or more

miles. A perfect stillness reigned, broken only now and then by a word of command amongst the beaters as they noiselessly drove the herd onward towards their prison. Now and then you could hear the crash when they entered bamboo clumps, or the cracking of some young tree broken down in their progress.

For some time all went well; but suddenly they stopped, just as they were crossing the river, and doubled back in their tracks. The beaters then ran on before them, and tried all in their power to make them stop, which at last they succeeded in doing, and again they were driven forward in a cautious and careful manner. The elephant's sense of smell is very strong, and he can by this means discover man at a considerable distance, and will quietly move off. This smell, curiously enough, is much stronger in a cleaned and washed European than in a dirty native, and all wild elephants, or any wild animals, indeed, do mind the former more than the, to our idea, more perceptible latter. The elephant is naturally very timid, and will only charge when provoked or driven into a corner from which he fancies he cannot extricate himself, or when wounded and driven to fury. This is different, though, in the case of "rogues." These are solitary elephants that by their viciousness and quarrelsomeness have become outcasts from a herd, and henceforth lead a solitary existence. These become very dangerous, and will attack man or beast, in many cases without any provocation whatever.

Again a short shrill trumpet was uttered by a leader, and the herd faced about and formed a square, without knowing in which direction to go, but feeling that danger was coming near. Then the beaters had to be extremely cautious, and try by perfect quiet to allay their fears and alarm, as a stampede of a herd, when they find themselves surrounded, is overwhelming, and the females with calves will turn and charge without the smallest particle of hesitation, although the elephants on scenting danger generally make off as quickly as possible, and with marvellous quietness and absence of bustle, considering their size. At last they began to move forward again, and how mysterious these huge brutes looked as they silently strode through the dark forest, breaking the bamboos in their way and tossing them over their heads!