Sunday, Jan. 15.
Morning cloudy but fine, rather warmer than usual. Before brea fact discovered a huge monkey in front of the house feeding; later on a whole drove passed along through the jungle. "They seemed feeding and travelling at the same time. The island we are on is noted for its pasturage and consequently there are many cattle reared, but this year, a misfortune in the shape of rinderpest has taken an extremely heavy toll, and in consequence, the Government have thrown a quarantine barrier right across the island. my stay here T have also vi a number of birds which we Shanghai daring the summer months, but seeing that over 50 per cent. of the birds of China are migratory, it is easy to understand. Cockatoos were also quite common round the house. The small monkeys noticed a bunch of bananas growing on one of the trees in the garden but, because I was on the verandah, they would not venture down; one, a little holder than the rest, tried ones but got vedrod about half way. Perhaps the same troop of monkeys had previously cleared all the other trees, Some few years ago they had 'a most remarkable drought on this island, and X. says the monkeys used to come and sit at the back door
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