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orders from zodlogical 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 
