The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-17
An Army of Monkeys.
4 Novel Suspension Bridge.

They are coming towards lie bridge
they viii most likely cross by the rocks ,ou
Der observed Raou'.
Ilow--s~im IT. asked. "Itisaio,
rent there"
"moikeys would rather 20 INTO Iie than wa.
ter. Ii they cannot leap tho stream, they
will bridge it,"
Bridge ard how ~
Stop a moment Csptain-you shall see"
The hall human voices now sounded nearer,
and We could perceive thu, the animals were
approaching the spo, where we lay. Present
'y they sprea'ed upon the opposite bank head
ed by an old gtey chleiIan aud differed like
so many soldiers. They we're. as Rloul sta.
ted, Of he com 'drtia or rngtsiled tribe.
Ola--an ABIDE camp, or chief pioneer, per.
hars ran Gu, upon a pujecnog rock, and, ,
aher looking across the stream as II calcula.
ting lho distance, scampered back ard appear
ed To conm0nlcato With the leader Tins
pfodJeed a movement III the troop. Com.
mands were issued and fatigue parties were
detailed and marched TO the font. Mean
uh,le se'eral Of the comadrl rlt'-englneers,
no d5ubi-un along the bank, examining The
trees on both sides Of The arroyo.
/ At length they all collected around tall
coitonr rood, that grew over The nariowesl part
oi he s'ream. snd 90 or 30 Of them scam
pefed up I's trunk. o. reaching high po,nt
the io'smosl-a strong fslIoa ran ou, upon
limb. atd 'aktds seryeisl turns Of his tail
sfonno IT, shipped oil and hnrg head down.
wards. The mex, on he hmb, also a stout
one, chabod doan The body of the fi-s., aud
whipped h,- tail tightly round tho neck and
forearm oi the latter, dropped tG IN bis tuFn,
aui hung head down. The third repeated
fr',,.naSsnivie upun the second. aud tie fourth
upon The ,hud and 50 on. until The as, onc
spon the sting rested his fore rass upon the
eroUnd.
The living cham now comrrucod swl1g
tng baeksa,d. sud forwatd., Iae the peudu
un OF clo,k. The motion Was Sigh, 81
d,.,, but graA1slly increased, the lawefmos;
monkey su4kng hi. hands sloienll, on tie
earth as he pissed he tangent Of The o,cllla.
tn, curve. Several Others upon lhu l,mb-
above pidrd the movement.
tbs eoataued uanl The monkey Al the edd
Of the cham vas thrown among The branches
j uf Tree on the opposite bauk. ll,rc, af,ei
Two or three ,ibfalions, he oluched hmt
and he'Csf..t Tn. movement was cxecu,et
sd,o,tly, jIsl a, the culm,natins point Of ht
Oscillation, 10 order to save the ncrmcdlht,
D lnks from the violence OF tao sud len jerk
The chain was nov fast at both ends, form
i ing a complete suspension budgc, over "hIc'
the whole troop, TO The number OF four OF ivt
, hucdred passed, With the rapdliy OF ihoug ht
II ~as one Of the most comica' lshs ev
or beheld, TO wl,0ess the qnzzca expression
: Of counlehaii1Gcs along thai living ch4ln'
c The troop was now on the other eide, bd
l how we're the animals forming the bridge t
: get themselves over Tins was The questle
E Which suggested itself. Man1eslly, BY nun
Il Der one letting 60 hIs tail. Bot then th
point doppm on tho other s'de was muc
tnwer down, and number one With hali.O.do7
Il en- OF hls eshbous. would be dlshed asain'
I The opposite bank or souscd into The water.
e Here, then. Vas problem, and wo waite
with some curiosity for its solution II vi
= soon solved. monkey was now seen atlaol
n lng his tail 10 the lowest on tho bridge, al
~ other gl ded hun in n similar manner, at
l. another, and so on, until q d, z'n more We
:, added TO the strung. These last wore all pov
" erfu fellows and. running up 10 high llm
10 they lifted the bfldge into position alno
V hor z ,nral.
Then a scream from the last monkey OF Il
40 new formation warned the ta, end that
a. was roady aud the neAt moment The WHIT
40 chail was swung over, and landed sale'y
the opposite biuk. Tho lowermosi links M
"A dropped of like a melting candle, while
,s. higher ones leaped to the branches aud cat
ee down by the trunk. The whole troop ,h
~ y, scampered of into the chapPa'al aud ds'
IN. pcared II Cart. Reds Adreninres in So'
America.