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Monkeys are of course outside the pale of game animals, 

 and many sportsmen strongly object to shooting them. They 

 are, however, of peculiar interest to all, and since more speci- 

 mens are badly needed, I have thought it advisable to allude 

 to them here. It is not easy to draw the line between game 

 animals and vermin, but those interested should bear in mind 

 that the animals of central and Western China are far from 

 being well known, and that all are rare in museums. Anything 

 and everything of this nature, therefore, is of interest and 

 value, even trade-skins. Sportsmen-naturalists sojourning or 

 travelling in these regions may confer a boon to the science 

 of systematic zoology by collecting skins and skulls of all 

 mammals they meet with. 



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