A monkey rarely lets go any food it has grabbed, 

 and when, as in this case, the hand is jammed in a 

 narrow neck, the letting go cannot easily be done 

 instinctively or inadvertently; the act requires a 

 deliberate effort. So Jantje caught his monkey, and 

 flinging his ragged coat over the captive sat down to 

 make it safe. By pushing the monkey's arm deeper 

 into the gourd the crust became released and the hand 

 freed ; he then gradually shifted the monkey about 

 until he got the head into the shoulders of the loose 

 old coat, and thence into the sleeve ; and worked 

 away at this until he had the creature as helpless as a 

 mummy with the head appearing at the cuff-opening 

 and the body jammed in the sleeve like a bulging over- 

 stuffed sausage. The monkey struggled, screamed, 

 chattered, made faces, and cried like a child ; but 

 Jantje gripping it between his knees worked away 

 unmoved. 



He next took the cord from the calabash and tied 

 one end securely round the monkey's neck, to the 

 shrinking horror of that individual, and the other end 

 to a stout bush stick about seven or eight feet long ; 

 and then slipped monkey cord and stick back through 

 the sleeve and had his captive safe ; the cord prevented 

 it from getting away, and the stick from getting too 

 close and biting him. When they sat opposite and 

 pulled faces at each other the family likeness was 

 surprising. 



The grimacing little imps invariably tempt one to 

 tease or chase them, just to see their antics and methods ; 

 and when I rose, openly watching them and stepping 

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