Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-19
MEXCITING SPORT
liil1.tinu Monkeys in EuEnah is
Full of Thrills.
Transformation In Treetops When Glib
.Aunas Are kssziied-Travei faster
Through Trees Tfan Mar Gan
Run on Ground.


tsJszrs most, exciting Sport III ashe Nam
ting camp was hunting monkeys,
writes Roy Chapman Andrews in Haf-
perse Every morning we heisfd 'aner-
uious notes, sounding much like ithe
squeezing of very young puppies,
Which were followed by long drawn
siren walls. When the shfil notes
had reached their highest pitch they
would sink into low, fun tones exceed
ineiy musical.
Wr.were inspecting a line 80 traps
pIacets ..llang trail which led mp q val
Icy 10 wide plateau when The quer-
ulous sgueafns abruptly eeascsi. We
moved on. alert and teJSe The trees
stretched upNard fun 10 fret eleir
tops spread oar in leafF roof. IN
tire topnost branches of one we could
Just discern dozen balls ef yellow
fur from Which proceeded diseordant
walls
II WIS 4 long range For "h"tsln.
but The 31zes were al in camp ] fred
eharee 81 "RB's' al the lowest mon
key and - THE gun roared out The
freetops sa;ddenis sprang mo HE
They were Shed with running leaping.
hairy foras. swinging At Incredible
speed from 1r.sndh 10 branch--noi a
dozen. but s-eare II monkeys, yellow.
brown and cr4g.
The one II N1deh ] had shot seemed
unaffected AMI threw himself full
twenty feet 10 q horizontal limb below
and 70 the right ! fred again, and he
stopped. ran few steps forward. and
SWING 10 the under side Of the branch.
ST the third elsarge De hung suspended
aw one arm aid dropped 10 the
ground.
We tossed him into the dry creek
he'd and dashed up the hill whore the
branches were still ssvaying as the
moaiieys travelled fhrough the tree
toys They had q l0ng start and II
WAS u hopeless chase. in ten min
utee fhey had disappeared and we
turned back 10 find the dead animal.
II wax n young made. and ] knew at
once th;at il was a gibbon tHElobates).
less body were unmistakabie> but In
every ers.seies with which | was IA
miliar the male was black. This one
was yellow and we knew IL t. be a
prize.
For the remainder Of our stay at
the Manning river camp we devoted
ourselves 10 Eunting monkeys. The
eiiIhous soon became extremely Wild.
Although the sanle troop could usually
be found In the Talley where we had
first discovered them. they chose hill
sides on which IL was almost impos~
sihle 10 stalk thevG because OF the
thorny Jungle We vent forward only
when the calls were <choing through
the jungle and stood motionless as
the waling ceased. Fiat I'm spite OF
.rll our care they would soe or hear rs.
Rl.an In sudden silence sflere would
H. 4 tremor Of The branches splash
afs<Y splash of leaves. aud fhe herd
wnaaa swing AWAY through the track.
less tTaetops.
The xhsbans are we'll named Hylo-
hates or edree walkers for they are
entirely asbareaI and. although a~k-
ward and almost helpless upon III"
ground. once their lcng thin hands
touch branch they become trims
formed into veritable spirits 81 the
treetops. They lauuob Themselves into
syace. catch 4 branch tsgenty fee away
20 swing for an instant ana hnrl them
selves 10 another. II Is possible for
them tn travel through ihe trees faster
than q man ran run on open ground.