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The Seaforth News, 1959-12-24, Page 7Bitten ay Monkey With A Hangover Many and various were the pets .which 1 kept during my stay in Paraguay, As F do not like birds or animals in stages, they always had the run of the house and garden. My favourite was a shall grey monkey which I bought from my washerwoman, Carmen, dur- ing nay first year in Paraguay, when I had yet to acquire the knack of handling wild animals. The monkey Carmen offered nae Was strangely quiet and did not bite me when 1 took it in my „ arms. I put Dodo, as 1 had decided' to call my new pet, into a box, and went about my chores. Re- turning an hour later, I picked him up and was badly bitten for my pains, My indignant cries brought ' my husband to the scene, "Now." he said, "you can -see' how tame your dear little monkey really is," I•Ie then told me about a dodge the natives have when they want to sella wild animal . to a foreigner. They give it cane, a potent rum made from sugar cane, and It stays. doped • for art hour or so. Paten. which the ani- mal -suffering from a hangover - reverts to its wild state, only 'moreso t "You'd better get rid of it," he told me. His suggestion merely made me more determined than ever to keep the little monkey. It took a long time and much pa- tience to train it, but after some weeks Dodo could not hear me' out of his sight, end would con- stantly ride on my . shoulder; with his arm round my neck. He was always "up to some mis- chief, and one of his pranks al- most. cost him his life. He got into our medicine cup- board , and although unable to uncork any of the bottles, man- aged to open a tube of laxa- tives and eat about half of the contents. That night he was a very miserable monkey, and nearly passed .out t But he had learned his lesson and never went near ' the medicine eup• board again. We lost Dodo when we lett him in Paraguay while on holt- day in' England. The natives in- formed us that Dodo went into the forest one . day and did not return. 1 very. much suspected he was resold, as a tame monkey with such amusing tricks fetch- ed' a good price in the capital, writes Joan Bottrell in "Tit - Bits." Another pet was a baby os- trich. There was no . small object that he would • not swallow' - thimbles, spools of thread,.money, paper, nails and soap, were some of the things he seemed to thrive on. But when my husband caught him in the act • of swal- lowing his favourite' pen -knife, I knew that was the end of that pet. As the ostriches on our land were not allowed to be chased or killed, they. were quite 'tame an d would come' within fifty yards of the house. When next, they appeared, 1 took mine out and introduced it to its re- lations. -After a preliminary in- spection they all went. off to- gether, so I did ,not feel that parting' too much. The only' pet.1 had to keep in a cage was a long-legged fox. ^ This is a queer animal, and somewhat rare. It has the head and body of a fox, a mane like a lion and a tufted tail. It has ' long legslike a foal. It .is seldom seen during the day -time, as it travels by night, LIKE A BIRD - Mrs. Annie Jen- kins, 24, resolutely keeps her place' on. a utility pole in down- town Los .Angeles. She climbed the pole during an argument with her. husband. It tooka power company crew with a mobile elevator to get her down. Shewas taken to a hos- pital for mental examination. covering great distances. A pair•. have only two cubs •at a litter and the parents have been seen each carrying a baby in their mouths. I should never, have: chosen to. have one of these animals as a pet as they are very savage, but the boys ,had found it in a cave and thought I would like to have. it. If I had not' accepted, I' knew its life would be more miserable -if possible -with .them than with me. I could not set; pit free, as the boys had broken, its leg. when capturing it. I made them put a splint on the broken :.limas and hoped it would heal so that. I might give, it its freedom. But ,it only lived for about ten days longer. Of 'the many pet birds. I .had, a large white owl with big, ears wag my favourite. 'My son' found a nest with the mother owl sitting on some eggs and brought one home. As luck would have it; I had a hen sitting at 'the, time, and I gave her the awl's egg to hatch. I took the fledgeling away as soon as it was hatched as I felt it was too much to expect" the, hen to bring up so 'queer a chick. I managed to rear 'the baby owl, and when it could fly I ' had a box'; made and placed in a tree near, the house.- This was always open' and the owl stayedin it all day, but at sun- --down It would. fly into the house to eat• a huge meal of raw meat. Then it would set about look- ing for tit -bits' . such as 'insects. I t s particular favourites were cockroaches and horned. beetles. Unfortunately" my owl .disap- CHINESE JUNK ON FLIGHT DECK - The aircraft currier Lexing- ton docked at ' Alameda, Calif. with. an unusual item on her flight deck - a Chinese junk. The Lexington was returning from a seven-month cruise in Far Eastern waters. The Chinese" junk is owned by Commander C, D Curtis, thecurrier's nervi- garor, who pions to sail it near his home. peered one night during mating time. Another feathered • friend was a perincho. This is about the size of a thrush, striped fawn and black, with a tuft of fea- thers on its head and a rasping cry . , , pe-ri-ri, pe-ri-ri. It was given to me as a fledgeling and, was easy to tame, For the first few days it ven- tured only round the' house and thgarden, but soon was flying far- er and farther away, only cow,: ing home at sundown for a meal. One 'evening .it -did not return, and I thought that was the last I would see of Peri. But a' few days later, back it came greet- ing me with its familiar 'cry. Be- lieve it ornot, it came and went in that manner for nearly . a Year, sometimes staying away 'for a week or more,' Then the sad day came or, I heard its friendly oryno more. I always hoped 'it might' return bringing a family to visit me,' One of my pets was a toucan. ' The boys had wounded it in the wing with, a ,'catapult, Luckily, the bone was not ; broken•' and as soon; as it could fly again, I let it, go. Toucans are -decorative. birds • with wide, hooked orange beaks, which they put to a:, rather - doubtful use, A.great ,number of. birds in South' America build • their nests in holes in the trunks of trees and as the toucan's` fa- vourite meal is eggs. andfledgel- ings, it finds this beak very use;• fur for robbing nests. I have'. seen a toucan clean up a dozen or so at a time with • the frantic parent birds peck- • ing and .scratching. at it; but the toucan • took absolutely no notice and 'calmly continued its meal. Can't. Swat A fly So`- Hundreds Die' Operations' are now under, Way to- build a 150 -mile road' link- ing India with Thimbu, the pew capital ., of. Bhutan. When . corn- plete this modern jungle -pierc- ing'' highway will cut travelling time' from seven 'days 'to'.two, so 'vastly improving . communica- tions 'between India and this 'small,;• independent state, east of Nepal, with its' population of 700,000 spread over 18,000 square miles. Strange gods are worshipped in the valleys, where' most Rhuta- nese''communities 'thrive. Some valleys are 9,000 or" more feet high, set. amid' the mighty snow - clad Himalayas. In each there are, one or more "traditional dzongs; " pagoda -like buildings, with gold roofs and dragon -style decorations. These temples serve both as'centres•of religious rites and of local . ad- ministration. When a priest. or lama•is':in residence, no woman rnay'sleep dna dzong. Even Mu- ,tan's hu-,tan's dusky queen must obey. ,this rule. These,people, originating from Mongol 'and . Nepalese ,races, and' now menaced by, China, ' also' show a great reverence for.. life. They will not kill a fly for their religion,. a mixture of Buddhism, Phon and Hinduism, forbids it, so flies flourish, •:'spreading disease and pestilence, Dysentery, the country's No. 1 killer,` claims hundreds of 'vic- tims yearly, yet the people dare not risk 'offending their deities, 'by launchinganti-fly campaigns. The one 'sacrifice they allow themselves to make annually is a yak, which, they say, the gods. needin .order to be appeased. Navy Nicknames, Have you noticed that sailors of to -day are hardly ever called "Jack Tars as they were up to the beginning of the first World War? Nicknames die hard in the Navy, but it's easy to see why "Jack Tar" is seldom heard to- day. It dates back to the seven- teenth century, the "Tar" in those clays signifying the ordin- ary sailor's job. Tar was one of the most important things in any sailing ship. It often covered a sailor's hands and clothes all the time he was on duty. It usedto be said that sailors had a nickname for everything. Some nicknames are still widely used lir the Navy. They include "The Owner," "The Bloke" and "Jimmy -the -One" - the sailor's' names for the captain,cominan- der and first lieutenant of his ship. 'Gunnery -Jack" was '.once common for the gunnery lieuten- ant. Chaplains were called "Devil Dodgers." Navigating officers were "Navvies," Naval ships are often given nicknames, especially when their proper names are difficult to pronounce. Bellerophon, for in- stance, became "Billy . Ruffian" and Psyche was "Fish." Ate party one night a woman Was admonishing her husband. 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