El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-15


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TON MARSHALL
tiles. Trail cutters swinging their
heavv. rnachetes (knives) made rap.1
progress through the under prlls--,
which IS Of petty groWtn ~ = =
mea sure to rapidity in CROWN ce-
Vehement in the tropics. 4lacnetes
s-a aIso utilized In sediment OF per
sonal differences or misundersralld-
Better Than Razor.
They supplant the highly priced
razor, in enabling the darkey 70 Guy
his adversary down to the size Wnere
he could comfortably whip him. --g
one great trouble afield were NOS
ouitos and other noXious insects
vas equipped with anti-mosqull
head nets and oils; they seemed TO
be no protection Have been repell-
eddy compelled TO stop IN the lunsles'
where the natives would build Pc
cl-Iiariv constructed smudge IRE,
which would circle over our heads
complete canopy Of smoke, most dis
con certing TO those long billed deep
drilling, psalm singing, night Prov i
e-s. nv light color was especlally
attractive TO them, hence was
marked target
VuItures and buzznrds are
-rnvenrer. Of the tropics. held in
7 high esteem and protected By TIE
natives, who have been taught to
fear a severe Judgment, which
win be sent against all who XII
or harm those necessary birds
Of the heated elimee- Ane4
come very much comes tic11edi
with MI fear eliminated In some
southern cities, / have frequeuf-
y seen the eathartes aura Eepten-
friouulls, resting on backs Of
benches in central parks, looking
imuudent and refusing 70 move
rs the pouuIace passed. They are
equipped with telescope eyes and
locate banquets ut long range.
The first bird to suddenly vol
plane 10 earth, a immediately
spotted by his mates who follow
in countless numbers polishing
the bones OF a carcass In very
limited time.
Monkeys and parrots, with their
many moves and actions were always
rreEated near q little lake about one
nile from the village we 1ounu
monkeys there in numbers. Upon ms
first appearance on the grounds, tim-
fdity and fear would keep them hid
ing in the brush and trees for. snort
time. lmbued with confidence the
eimus Of mischief would permit their
curiosity 70 bring them forth, ad-
vancing within 80 OF 90 yards o. me
log uD0n which I would be sitting
and start a most Interesting enter
tainment
some asIonkey shines.s
Forming a rope OF monkeys sus-
pended from q tree. was one special
". should one fail he would ngnt
upon his feet ike a cat. All antics
cut were for my benefit; they much
reminded me Of a bunch OF smart
alex kids" One species pointed out
70 me was tie -h0Wling monkey,
which on several occasions had made
night miss ra1le for me A2r11ose-
monkeys. bout the size OF a squirrel
are by the natives considered q great
table delicacy-
on one occasion one Of my gun
benrers-Irho were not allowed
10 shoot-th0uEht he was doing
me . kindness when he shot and
brought into camp a small mar
moset monkey which he Insisted
should be wrapped In leaves and
roasted In hot ashes Ny most
emphatic dissertation on the
shooting OF monkey certainly
discouraged their further killing.
The fact that refused TO eat Of
the flesh Of my former ancestors
had discouraEinE effect. There
after IL wac a ease OF Nishful
looking rs we passed monks
jumping about in the trees Upon
my return to the states. brought
q small utarmoset monkey which
evfnceG wonderful intelligence,
becoming a Detted member OF our
family.
Darwin Was Right.
he vas very strong in his personal
preferences, forming a strong at
/ tachment for those who devoted time
TO feeding him. That Darwin was
correct in his evolution theory you
have only 70 visit the tropics 70 re-
turn firmly convinced
FISHING
santa Catalina Island. Avalon the
blood corpuscles jumping II the veins
Of every Izaak walton disciple. Have
you experienced the thrills. sensa-
tons, expectation and associated eX-
element, connected with deep sea
fishing2 When an angler aspires TO
land a fiuny foeman, worthy OF his
barbed steel, his mind Immediately re-
rerts 70 Catalina. the worlds premier
deep sea fishing grounds, the aquatic
habitat Of sea-bass tuna, barracuda,
yelloWtail. albacoTe and shark. asso-
ciating many other well known
brands OF scaled beauties.
Many and Assorted
On Avalon pier you find assorted
boatmeu, with and without reputa-
tons. They live upon fish and tour
ing visitors good clever fellows who
have won their sobrlquets. Tuna
George" Jewish shorty" mexican
Joe" and dozens Of others own their
own square sterned motor boats. out
fitting visitors with lines and rods,
strong and Inexpensive tourists
tackle Old Mexican Joe always Of
ficiates as my deep sea pilots during
his 60 years OF experience as a boat
man he has mentally charted all Cat
alma waters.
AIbucore are undersfudy to the
tuna. AFiEhtinE tiger Of the
Pacific ocean, Social scandal Of
the aquatic world, closely ass0-
ciufe the father OF the tuna,
with the mother OF the aibncore,
without recognition OF deep sea
marriage VOWS, Their distin-
gushing feature Is the elonEated