Hamljn'g Jttatajjerie Jttagajmt 
EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN. 
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NOTES ON INDIAN MONKEYS. 
MONKEYS DISTURB DRINKING TROUGHS 
The Darjeeling Himalayan Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of Northern 
India, is probably unique in being the only anti- 
cruelty society in the world which has its water- 
ing trough system disturbed by monkeys. Many 
American societies are troubled by human van- 
dals in this respect, but the plight of this progress- 
ive Indian organization has no duplicate as far 
as the "Review" is aware. The Society has 32 
troughs in operation. In writing on this subject 
in the annual report for 1914-15, the Honorary 
Secretary, Mrs. H. M. Lennox, says, : " In addi- 
tion to the continual nuisance of the pollution of 
the animals' drinking water by human beings', 
the bamboo; aqueduct has suffered from the at- 
tention of monkeys. They play with the water, 
swing on the duct and even amuse themselves 
untying the knots of the lyarha (pliable creepers 
used as rope), and so disturb the supply of 
water." 
The Society has devoted much attention to 
the lot of pack ponies, and the bullocks used to 
draw the heavy native carts. The yokes used are 
very heavy and chafe the necks of the animals. 
The natives are very slow to accept a, change 
in their customs or methods of doing things unless 
they are able to see a direct financial profit. The 
municipal authorities in Darjeeling have passed 
an ordinance which makes' it compulsory to re- 
move bullocks from stationary carts and to sup^ 
port the yokes on bamboos. Efforts arc being 
made toi secure similar ordinances elsewhere. The 
pack ponies carry heavy loads up' the long - steep 
and stony paths incident to that country. Unless 
constant attention is given, to their treatment 
they are overloaded and not given sufficient or>- 
portunity to rest. 
The school essay work which has been a 
feature of the Society's work for a number of 
years was given up this past fall for "a sort of 
examination on the care and treatment of ani- 
mals." It did not prove as popular as the essay 
competition. 
