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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 297, 6 April 1877, Page 4

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Th« monkey who ae::ordin_c b> the time-honoured story usr»l the relue!*ant paw of a eat ti> withdraw hot eh>-st-nuts from the tire is outdme by the per* focmanou of another muuber <>f thi-i tribe which is uKcuunt-.tl t>y :>, French L * Mondes. The wi-it'-i- i.-s the possessor of « large codec plan ta! ion, and the crops have suffered severely I'roni tht? ravtip-s »f a large species of liubi»>iv which- p-i edily devours the I'vnit of a small tree whica grows union 1 * the busies. The Ust safeguards against thuir depredations are the wasps which make Cist-u- nests hi thy lower parts of'these trees: for of the tierce attacks ami pahuul sbiir.>;» of, these the baboon has a wholesome tVar. One a hideous chorus of ji-ells an I howls was heard t'ronv a portion, of the plantation- where the wasps had thickly congregated, and- where the fruit trees coustnnieutly were heavily laden. l>u seasoning for thy eau.se the writer saw isom afar a venerable and ancient baboon busily in throwing infant monkeys at the trees. These Itvuiy,' [ v.'jeeialts tt\HS knocked down the tu.'sts, a,nd of «otWSe were fchw objects of the udurated occupants. Meanwlulo the baboon rpuetly made bis way to the tipper branches, gutted himself, ami then added insult to injury to the monkeys by pelting tlitmi with tiu rinds and pips of hi» repast.