The Progress., 1892-11-26

also discovered that his teeth had beer
filed, and that the peculiar "cock" t,
his eyebrows had been brought abou
with pair Of shears.
don't know how the tail had beer
worked, but aside from all trickery the
animal was something Cf a nat,lra
monstroSity. The exposure did not come
until after we had reached and let
Singapore, and so there was no chance
to stop Us. While the Hamburg men
were lnut-ering "Dunder und blitzen.'
under the breath and wanting somebody
1 TO kick them we weTo plOwing our way
/ up the China sea to round the north
coast Of Bcrneo and head to the east.
After tedious voyage we fnallJ'
| dropped anchor of the south coast OF
Eindanao and lnaGo ready for the work
| before GS.
there are various ways of CAPTURING
| monkeys, or there were various ways
practiced until accident discovered the
best way. They were at first captured
III nets and traps, but large per cent.
were always hurt that way What is
now universally used by all white men
is the opium biscuit and the "Gcctored"
whisky. The moakey as you find him
III lnenageries and geological gardens is
either ve-y sober or very playful. In
either case he is not an imitation. This
way loaded the brig Ritter with mon.
KEYS On the west coast of Africa has
since been adopted by al otlAr hunters.
/ had n lot Of sweet crackers made I'D in
Hamburg, VITA tinctUre of opium mixed
with the dough.
I also had several kegs OF whisky
''doctored' with the opium after being
diluted until it was very mild. Three
or four of us would si5 down in the for
est and wait for the monkeys to gather.
We would then eat and drink, AID on
going away would leave both whisky
and cakes behind Us. There would be
rush Of monkeys and fight over the
spols, and within half an hour the har.
vest would be ripe. Some Of them would
climb little way into the nearest tree
aud set tail hold on branch, but the
majority would fall asleepo on the ground
and recover, from their stupor only after
being safely Gagged. They did exactly
as they had seen Us do, though in many
cases they were SO numerous and fought /,
50 iicTceiy over the feast that the gouris 1
or whisky We're upset and the cakes /
broken and scattered without 2 single |
animal having got enough to stupefy
him.
l5needed only three days in the forest Of
Mlndanao to satisfy me that we had been
deceived. There We're monkeys there by
the thousand, but no such species as the
sailor had exhibited. Indeed there was
only one species on the island, although
on that Of Borneo there are no less than
five. They We're baboons, pure and sim.
PIE, and l soon discovered that they were
a bad tempered lot. Hundreds of them
followed me as l moved about, and
though not attacking me they exhibited
q boldness which mado me somewhat
apprehcnsive at times. There are tive
species CT the baboon family, but the
chief difference is that one has O long
tail and the other only stump, like
that Of the rabbit. These were the short.
tailed fellows known as mandrills, and
as they always commanded ready sale
and good price determined to capture
as many as possible.
In order that you may better under.
stand what followed, let me say that
full grown mardrill is n match for
bulldog, and in his native wilds is
always ready for row. Our first at
tempt was made within twenty rods OF
the beach. Knowing the suspicious
nature of the mandrill, determined on
attempting wholesale capture. We
took ashore cages enough to hold
hundred, and with them several hun
ired cakes and 4 barrel Of whisky. The
,ages were LETT ON the beach, but the
;akes and whisky were conveyed to
glade of about half an acre in extent. We .
lad brought along provisions aud water,
md nine of us sat in circle and ate and [
frank for couple of hours. Before we
we're through there were full thousand !
'aboons around US. While they ex.
libitcd a good deal of curiosity it was I
'lainly mingled with q ferocious spirit,