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 THE CAPTURE OF MONKEYS IN INDIA 21 The chase of this animal is conducted in two differ- ent manners. It is an imitative creature and takes refuge up among the trees. The hunters, when they perceive a monkey seated on a tree, place in sight a basin containing water, with which they wash their own eyes; then, instead of water, they put a basin of bird-lime, go away, and lie in wait at a distance. The animal leaps down and" besmears itself with the AT THE MONKEY TEMPLE, BENARES. bird-lime, and when it winks, the eyelids are fastened together; the hunters then come upon it and take it. The other method of capturing them is as follows: the hunters dress themselves in bags like trousers, and go away, leaving behind them others which are hairy, with the inside smeared over with bird-lime. The monkeys put them on, and are easily taken. Some writers place Kathaia and the country of So- peithes (King Subhuti), one of the governors, in the tract between the rivers (Hydaspes and Akesines);