A Monkey Hunt.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3347, 29 October 1889, Page 2

A Monkey Hunt.

A novelty in the way of 6 monkey • bant took place at Canterbury, Kent the other day, in which some bun' dreds of persons eng«gtd, Jt &eeras tlmtia fine specimen of the .baboon, which rejoices mdhc name of Mdllo Punchinello, and is an accomplished , performer on the tightrope, succeeded & ' m m»k»g her escape from Sanger's W Wis, which was on a visit to°the- \ > : ' city. Ibis l'Bct ; -.becoming speedilv "' known, a naober.of keep«B ml wot wt to wceptee n* w i^

vuimmtiiauiu uuiiaitiiiuuuu ui jjuuuii Fields, a fashionable suburb of the city. I'be keepers, who were armed with whipj, at onoo sat to work to capture the animal, hut mademoiselle was on mischief and enjoymont bent, and Gliding herself somewhat close primed, dashed through tlio crowd and ran up a ladder on to the roof of a house, linmenso amusement was caused bv the grotesque antics and clever evasion of capture, tiubsereturning to the ground, the animal got back to the field where the circus tent was pitched, and chased several persons, paying particular attention to the red coats of the soldiers, Entering an orchard, she climb;,! an apple tree, with the fruit of which she pelted anyone who approached. The baboon remained at liberty for some hours.