The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-20

to the fields and orchards of the coUn-
 try and often prove 8 positive danger
 to the people, for though monkeys se- dom attack men, woe to the luckless
 one who ventures to come near them
 in their deadly struggle Moreover,
 when pressed by hunger, these packs
 are not to be trihed with, You may
 not mind even the damage done to your
 orchard by hundreds of monkeys gob-
 bling up everything they can lay their
 hands on, but it is quite different
 matter when you have to shut your
 doors and window and stay in for days at time because of the army outside.
 Consequently, the object of the na-
 tives is to break up these packs by
 capturing their leaders Killing is
 against the dictates of conscience, but
 capture is not, especially as the mon-
 key is liberated in short time, as will
 appear presently. So, when a pack is
 about, the natives employ the following
 method: Close to an orchard bit of
 level space is selected and a hole dug
 in it, about two feet deep and six or
 eight inches in diameter. A moose is made at one end of a long. saut cord an placed over the mouth of the hole
 The cord is then passed through a pull
 ley or ring attached to tree close to
 the house and the other end held some
 distance away by a concealed person.
 The moose and about ten or fifteen feet of the cord are covered with sand. Then nice, tenlpting banana is placeu in the hole. and a number of rotten
 ones-covered, However, with fresh skins-are strewn all over the ground
 When the pack comes the females are
 too shy to venture out into the open space near the8house, but the big go
 tha is a brave fellow. He sees the ba
 nanas on the ground, leaps down, takes one, throws it away in disgust, Suddenly he notices the nice, tempting one in the hole and plunges his arm in. Immediately the cord is pulled, the moose fastened on the arm close to the shoulder, and the monkey dragged willy-nilly to the tree, where the pei ley or ring is attached. Then the hid ing shikart comes forth, and, circling round and round the tree with the cord held tight in his hand, binds the unfortunate monkey safe and fast, all but the head. The pulley or ring is in- troduced not merely to bind the mon- key to the tree, but also because it | would be highly dangerous to drag the | infuriated brute right up to person.
 The monkey, however, is not killed. l In stead, they father his head and face, | no special care being taken in select ing the finest soap or the purest water. The operation is an interesting one and source of great amusement to the bystanders The monkey, however, dodges his head about, only to get a good dose of soap in his eyes and mouth. Then he has enough of it,es- pecially as he feels dreadfully achy all over and the cords cutting into his body every inch-to say nothing of the personal remarks and the highly adiectival language of the bystanders. He submits to his fate with eastern stoicism. His head is shaved clean as a billiard ball, and then his face as we'll, nice and smooth, like baby's. Then they let him go. But, alas, such Is the vanity of life, his wives will not have him now that his beauty is gone. They disown him completely cut him lead. Nay, they drive him away from he pack with contumely, with the ends )f t,:eir tails in the absence of dOmes- .ic broomsticks And thus being with ,ut leader, the pack is soon broken lp.-Strand.