Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-09-04

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After tumbling over the surf, you get into what
they call river which is Just no more nor
less than dirty creek-but I'm blessed, if these
rivers aint well ortified-natrally fortified like.
D'yr see. Jonathan, the banks are lined with al
ligators, about fory-five feet long. slowed close
together for the matter of three miles, till you
cit to the town. They're bred to keep guard
sort o sodgcrs. SO an enemy cant land no.
where. cause they'd swallow a whole ships
company, and if you fire at EN-, they'll just shut
their mouths, and being that their eyes is the
only port wholcs left to fire into, they're all fur
nished by Government with thick iron blinkers.
all they have to do is Just to wink, and this
machine drops.-besidcs it's dangerous firing at
'em any way, for they'll sometimes catch the
ball on the end of their noses and send it back
again at you. iIows' ever, being at peace with
the country, they didn't trouble us. What I
looked at though, first time going up one of the
rivers, was the telegraphic monkeys
Whats a tcegrophc monkcyF asked Jona-
than.
Why replied Harry, Signal monkeys means
the same thing. The number of EN- depends
how long the river is; they generally average
one to quarter Of mile or so; they're sta
toned on the taest trees. and have tails about
five fathoms' long. They're cdcated to tic up
these tails in different kind of knots. took cm
to be Malay letters. They're to let the Raah
know who's coming up the river SO when we
got there, the old fellow was ready to receive us.
There he sot, on bamboo grating. tailor fash
ion. with a skull cap on. and twenty or thirty
follows >luatting round him making salalms.-
We showed the boat into the landing, and our
skipper Jumps ashore ana Walks right towards
him, not taking off his hat, nor making a hoop
of himself nor nothn.'
The old Rllah looked mad at first. and his un-
derstrappers looked shocked, for they think their
Rllah is touch above our President. 'Ta5v
tuan,' growled the old f How at last; that means
! good morning sir, dye sec. GOOD morning
says the skipper. don't care if sit down. and
with that he panks himself upon the grating
along side of him. The Rajali soon found ont
that it was no use to try to come dignity over
our captain, or else he wouldn't trade with him.
Sothey paavered away for IA while and when
they got through we showed off and went aboard,
and noticed Just as we rot over the bar. the
last Geographic monkey cooked his tail up and
made an O of it, which meant, suppose they re
on
That's al very true no doubt said Jonathan,
but what's it do with You're being in love p
You're green vet said Harry. you don't
know no'hin' about "A yarn. Don't you always
reeve the ceer and RIG out the boom frs, atore
/ w set u stun sail: AMI which takes longest to
get ready or to set it? Don't you know too.
that if the eccr is rove shin shape and nothin'
foul. TIE sail hoiSis ont all the ca -er though it
may b, npthin' but a small kite of a royal stun
sail aiterall! Well the next div off comes the
old Raiah in his pralln to return the visit. We
had the decks clean ana the pigs slowed away:
for it wont do to let 'cm touch pin or see one.
is against their religion to cat pork, cause
how, suppose they look upon il a n sort Of
canniba.m. SO the old chap bundled himself
up the 81 le, followed by a whole gang of lac
queys, and the captain had a dinner for him
The steward said he woald mt drink any liquor
ut the table. 1t was against his religion to
drink aiore tolks, sane as 1t Is WIN soma tee
IotalerS; on. ai,cr Gunner ne "'hNra AT oh' OF MS
ooys VINO h7,e" al tiie poit'es ana passed them
mo inc Pra,'h' Tllihg u'e resi- o, EN- 1t was
eyer man a k'nu Oh SWee'eheu water 'hey,
I "t,"h' ACT was nc was CONSCIENTIOUS ana
u''in nhe 20 -. ID" eHa,hP'e'
wen 'he od ie.ow an IN CAPTAIN began 10
,n'Nr W'r3'"n 'or p'u'' nut PUT t''c hllai
W'nn'l Ms money a'orc ne "oolu give 'ie nut
una lhe SNiHPer wanted t"e M, "ofr h"d pay
WI 'I,h! 'i'l utcs were at '"-g tr''e'u>' 9o
inc %" II Hhh llna!hg Iftt ne couiu II, get inc
'hon'y' tooh Oh ms Skull cap ana began 70
scratch ms haad-lor an idaa, ! suppose. AZ
last nr got one.
'r'l you WI" c'p'a.l' says me- nIVe me
lyu' u" ''' anu !'" ei'i'' nave
INV "oI'l VI nut anu 'ic" YOU
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y" ~ CIV I",,'' op' E''"' N't"c up"
s'lo' WIS" 'lic ioi ~, at iio,i'c u'u one nun
u !u! P't' a. i'"o" inr caP'''" Sa'u iie was
"ti,'n4; p'' "c "ou'u 1T Iorce any Vi us 10 go
nc a can 'or u volunteer
Up Jumps l. l'r knew inc Ola man would NJ
70 OH anu 'riNe me ana pesldes LOOK nancy
% ,hc ola h9ah' cause I!e valued sailor SC
h'@n;;
,ha,'a mrn' '',o pam "'!liu anu
r "'''''''' ''''' "oi' so' ''''' any
L. -iiui n.y. M, H'HH l. ana uo"n J vent anu
o"'''i.' up ii' my clo'i oIothc' anu borrowed
o' y, w. Ii''r Hl.', 'toiii l'ic auooH' u'Ghe!
50 a. u, look r''i%cuiole amongst 'le hea,nenI'
ni',lr' noM u, HhlPPcr conn 1t over ,'is hlJi'
usnc' a'. ~ J"u'i'' l'lyo ''io StrIi Shee's o
a light and Than nIvi.oJ him 70 tbro,y ar' hi
roco and take a lonr nine. He look conf,mn.
ded hard at me ot first hni in, tho, thn. hi,
pave us a .aln,e and that tickled him 81 ho rn
good natured. give me a lvht and took a Iona
nine-and then he puI,.d away nt if and said
.l}agooser thouGht Mt first he was c,Ilina m,
a goose, but found out Afterwards that il mean
good =
By the time we got into the river we wor
pretiy sociable con.idcrin' we coulI'nt undar
stand a word of each others linuo. The tcle
graphic monkeys stuck nm thrir tails n, on,