Show TAME DECOY FOR VULTURES The Tibetans of the upper Mekong interesting method or of o valley have an catching vultures the feathers of at which are used for making fans They fasten tame vultures to stone pedestals pedestals pedestals near the cliffs where the wild birds live and when the latter are sighted one or two of the decoys are loosed and the men hide In huts Near the pedestals a heap of carrion has bae been placed In a rough wooden cage so constructed that it is difficult fo forthe for forthe the birds to make away with a piece bodily though It Is easy enough to ge geat get at they therefore lop op clumsily round the cage pecking aud and tearing furiously furious furious- ly at the stinking morsels In full view of the savage birds above The carnon carrion car rion non is is the bait the tame vultures vulture are the decoy No sooner do the wild wile Y a rnY r or a. a s Z Ml yF birds see seo what is going on than down dow they swoop to Join in the tussle fo for tit The trained birds Incensed Incense with their unbidden guests Immediately Immediately immediately Imme Imme- try conclusions with them an anin and andIn andin in the dust and turmoil of the gory encounter encounter en encounter counter out rush the men from ambush ambush am am- bush and the wild birds Are dIe either eithe killed or captured |