24 WILD BEASTS OF THE WORLD 



Of course, the proper thing to have done would have been to have 

 transported two or three pairs to some suitable island, unoccupied by 

 other monkeys, where the species might have had a new lease of life if 

 properly protected, while any undue increase could be restricted by the 

 occasional sacrifice of a few specimens for museum purposes, or their 

 capture for Zoological Gardens. 



