Word: scarecrows
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...truly the prize occupation is that of the Monkey Deporter, who is not, as might be supposed, a collector for Ring-ling or the Bronx, but is more like an animated scarecrow. In Northern India, there is a small brown monkey which is a pest to fruit cultivators, but is protected none-the-less by the Hanuman, the Monkey-God. This powerful divinity sends a dire pestilence upon all who injure his suppliants, as seems to have been the fashion with the gods of Greece as well. To avoid such a penalty, the growers have a corps of monkey catchers...