THE MONKEY TRIBE. 21 



'I kept brooding over this mortifying view of the 

 matter, until one morning I hatched revenge in a prac- 

 ticable shape. A tree, with about a score of monkeys 

 on it, was cut down, and half a dozen of the youngest 

 were caught as they attempted to escape. A large pot 

 of ghow (treacle) was then mixed with as much tartar 

 emetic as could be spared from the medicine chest, and 

 the young hopefuls, after being carefully painted over 

 with the compound, were allowed to return to their dis- 

 tressed relatives, who, as soon as they arrived, gathered 

 round them and commenced licking them with the 

 greatest assiduity. The results I had anticipated were 

 not long in making their appearance. A more melan- 

 choly sight it was impossible to behold ; but so effica- 

 cious was this treatment, that for more than two years 

 I hardly ever saw a monkey in the neighbourhood.' 



When we read of the numbers, the intelligence, and 

 the audacity of monkeys in this part of the world, it 

 becomes a matter of curious speculation as to how they 

 will behave when railroads are made in India. 



It has been frequently observed, that there is nothing 

 more distressing than to see a wounded or suffering 

 monkey. He lays his hand upon the part affected, and 

 looks up in your face, as if appealing to your kindly 

 feelings; and if blood flow, he views it with so frightened 

 an expression, that he seems to know his life is going 

 from him. An inquisitive monkey, among the numerous 

 company which sailed in a ship with myself, always 

 seemed desirous of ascertaining the nature of everything 

 around him, and touched, tasted, and closely scrutinized 

 every object to which he had not been accustomed. A 

 pot of scalding pitch was in use for caulking the seams 

 of the upper deck, and when those who were employee] 



