mollegodde

Updated: August 23, 2026

I once saw the old chief Mollegodde ride in amongst a herd of wild elephants, on a small elephant; so small that the Adigar's head was on a level the back of the wild animals: I felt very nervous, but he rode right in among them, and received not the slightest molestation."

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon