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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 February 1910, Page 3

Wonderful is the reverence with which nativeu of India treat many animals. It seems strange to the westerner to find them I regard ng monkeys as and putting up with their depredations without moving a finger to hurt them. The animals swarm where* er there are woods to afford them hiding places, and their nightly prowlings round the townships make it necessary for householders to place everything under cover they do not wish to lose. Yet the monkeys do not respond to the kindness of their worshippers, and the approarn of an adult is enough to send them scampering hack into the darkness of the forest. Only to children are they more submissive. When a number of little ones go into the open with scraps of food, the simians gather round and with implicit trust take the gifts "he children have brought them. Photos of them can oTily be taken with great difficulty, owing to their wildness. The most effective way is to bribe a native ••child to scatter food on the ground close to the forest, within photographic distance of some' hiding place in which the camera operator can remain unseen. Then down come the monkeys, loping along with funny jumps and loudly chattering as they run. 'The photo taken, the photographer steps out and presto! the animals take to the tall timber in a flash, uttering weird cries of fear. 'The natives believe the monkeys have souls and are the guardians of the* forest. Anyone who injures the mischievous creatures rouses the deepest pnnger of the people livim? near to the mon-key-haunted woods.