The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-02-28

placed in profusion. The monk
came for the tomatoes, the balanc.
ling lid of the trap tipped when the
monk walked upon it, and the rest
was easy. But in the ten days,
while many monkeys came and ate
of the bait, and one tripped the
camera at point slightly out OF
focus all departed, seeming to
know the tricks of the trap as
thoroughly as did their little wiser
neighbor, the old native.
At the end of ten days spent in
that wet, cold, desolate jungle,
without a ray of sunshine, with the
aid of two interpreters, I persusd-
ed the old Wanderobo that we
would try a method of more phys
ical force, and less of the per-
suasive than the primitive bamboo
trap; we would 60 into the jungle,
locate a band of monks, follow
them till they took refuge in some
tall tree, then well we would try
some means of getting them.
Nets, we had none. And if we
had had a hundred, the jungle was
too thick to use them. We would
discover some means of making
the capture. once the nimble ami
mails were treed.
In an hour we had a band going,
and by the most diligent efforts
followed them to a tall tree in the
midst of thick bamboo. Then we
sat down to rest, completely ex-
hausted. There was but one mode
of procedure possible of results
cut the bamboo from around the
tree, for a distance sufficient to
make the escape of the monks inn
possible. Then, if no other meth
cd offered, cut the branches, one
by one, from the huge tree, till the
cunning little chaps were at loss
for a place to remain, then-well
we would adopt whatever means
necessary to take them.
1t took a day, with three pangas
(the Spanish call them machettes)
to clear the bamboo; but by chance
a few scattering stalks we're left
standing. These solved the cap
turing of the monks later.
At night we pitched camp be-
meath the refuge of the Colobi, that
they might not escape. And on
the following morning began the
cutting of the lower branches of
the tree. But an hours chopping
so agitated the monks that they
showed an inclination to leap from
the top of the tree to the ground
below. Then an agile native youth,
by promise of ''baksesh" (extra
pay) was induced to climb higher
in the tree. until in close proximity
to the quarry. But they evaded
him, springing from limb to limb,
and the longer he chased them the
tanner they grew, until all hope of
driving them out by this method
vanished.
At noon we we're all exhausted,
wet, cold and despairing of ever
capturing monkey by the method
followed. But the old Wanderobo
came to the rescue. Of all things,
he said, the Colobi were afraid OF
a leopard. They would leap to
their death from the tallest tree in
wild fight from the spotted cat
And he had a leopard's skin! A
native would don it and climb the
tree.
The idea was feasible; and 1 had
once seen small monkey quite in.
sane from being frightened by a
leopard so the leopard skin was
brought out and up went the youth
looking for all the world like the
real thing.
| When half way up the Colobi
, began barking from the topmost
branches. And when crowded q
little closer, an old male leapt from
the top to a single bamboo a hun.
dred feet from the tree, and a drop
of equally as far. And instantly
he cleared the one bamboo, reach.
ing another near the jungle and