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orders from zoological gardens all over the world 

 always included one of these creatures, but this was 

 the only one I ever caught. We found him hope- 

 lessly tangled in a net we had put up near a water- 

 ing place. He was a fine specimen, two feet high, 

 with long arms, legs and tail, and a nose that meas- 

 ured two inches. 



Netting animals in the way in which we caught 

 this monkey is one of the easiest and best modes 

 of collecting. The size of the net and of the meshes 

 will depend entirely upon what one hopes to cap- 

 ture. Our nets varied from eight feet square to 

 fifteen feet long by ten feet wide. The meshes 

 measured from two to four inches. The net is 

 placed at a spot where animals are sure to pass; 

 it is suspended across the trail and held in place 

 by light bamboo poles. Leaves and grass are scat- 

 tered over it until it cannot be distinguished from 

 the ground. When an animal steps into it, the net 

 falls and he begins to struggle instead of quietly 

 working his way out. Within a minute he has him- 

 self so tangled in the meshes that it is sometimes 

 necessary to cut the net to get him out. One great 

 advantage connected with this method of trapping 

 is that the animal is never injured ; he simply wears 

 himself out and then, exhausted, stays in the net 

 until some one comes along to release him. A cat 

 animal, for example, comes running into a net; its 

 feet catch and it goes tumbling, rolling over and 

 over, roaring and pawing. In a few seconds it 



