PHOTOGRAVURE 39 



HYBRID JAVAN JUNGLEFOWL IN ITS AERIAL BAMBOO CAGE 



The hybrid Junglefowl are sometimes valued as high as six hundred gulden. The chiefs and weakhy 

 natives erect a very tall bamboo pole in the compound with a primitive sort of pulley near the top. The 

 fowl in its basket is attached to a rope and pulled up, high above all the surrounding trees, to remain 

 throughout the day, sending forth at frequent intervals its loud, piercing scream. It begins its call even 

 while the basket is whirling around on its jerky ascent. 



