150 TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS 
they snarled at us and reached out between the bars. 
Natives armed with sharpened poles held them back. 
Then, by poking and prodding, we separated them 
and ran bars through the center of the big cage. 
‘These operations excited the beasts so greatly that 
we left off work for the day. The next morning 
we went to the cage again and cut away the end- 
bars so that the animals could enter their trans- 
portation cages. These gave them more room, and 
I stationed an extra guard over them with instruc- 
tions to call me immediately if they began to tear 
at the bars. Ali spent practically all of his time 
there, talking to them and feeding them. Grad- 
ually they became accustomed to him, and, although 
they were far from accepting him as a friend, they 
did know him and realize that he was not there to 
hurt or annoy them. All others, except the head- 
men and myself, were kept away from the cages. 
Food was always placed in the transportation 
cages, and, since the animals were deprived of each 
other’s company, they became accustomed to spend- 
ing their time in them. That, of course, was exactly 
what I wanted, and the prospects looked more 
encouraging each day. 
We spent the next two weeks in trapping and 
snaring, and I kept the men of the kampong busy 
all the time, either at collecting the animals or at 
building cages for them. I was fortunate enough 
to get one proboscis monkey. It is a rare, long- 
nosed species, difficult to capture. My standing 
