Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-07-20
An army Of MONKEY A novel
SusUcasiDn Bridge

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uThev nre routng towapls the bridge
they willanoat ltkcly eross by the rocks
%youirr." obeIveI %Itn"n'.
"ilow~-awjm it'' 'eked& ut n .
torrent tlrrtS" ,'
"Dt. uo!@ answered the F'onHI,mHn :
wnontryr would rufltcrsRo INTO fire than
water ittl,oy "o'iioI leap tI'n stream,
iI,cy VIII bridge IT,
"Brdge 1t and how + %
"-tup Il m"nnrnl, cnptaju-yot FI',il
acn,'' The hait human voices now sound
I'd nearer. and sc could perceive That the
anl,nnIa were approaching ,be arot where
| no lay. rfnarntly they appeared npo',
tie Opposite bhllIt. l~'1cd ny on Old grey
clnrNatn and olienr"d like 80 'napy sol
dlor4. They were. ~ l'aoll stated, Of the
rDm4,iTJa or rtng.tnlIod tribe,
Our,=an ~ntdc,de,rtlnp, ~ ehlcf pioneer.
| prrI,npa-~rnn out upon II projecting rotls,
and, utter lupi,lug nrross the stream. rs II
rolro'at,hg the d'atotcr, s%eatnpcred back,
and appeared to communicate with the
leader. Ture produced n movement ~ the
trOup. Command wctr iaatled, and In.
rigrr parties wore dotaiicd. aud marched
To- the front. M ntSwIuIe a~ovcrtl Of the
cp,uadrcjne nu&iu"ers.-uo do,lht~--r'n
alonp the bunk, rxn n,nIng tl,e trees on
botl, aldca ot the niIoro,
Al lrngth they nil c ,IIr"t"l nrotntd u
tat cottonwood. that grew over the mar
row"ar paGt Of TT" 7tr"nm. ana 20 Of 30 OF
tlr"rn e~cnrnprrcl up is trunk On ttncIl.
IN" q lliplr point, the torr,noat-a strong
trliow-u out upon 81 limb. and. tnhing
a,yrrnI iurneu # lia tail around II. clipped
oil. nld I,uu, head duwuwArdt. The next
on tho Itu,. nlau II stout ui,r, climbed
down tlIo body Of the fret, aud whipping
hta tail tightly round the neck nud tpr"nrlTI
ot thc hitter. dropped oil N l',s turn aud
hung head down, The third fepeai'g
Tins .|uualTtigrc upon the second. and The
fourth upon the third, md 80 on. until the
hat one upon the string rested l1ls tore
pnwa upoli the ground.
The Itrlny chain now commenced
SWINGING bach wanda aud forwards. |ik"
the pendulum Of clock. Tie motion was
qI,rhl nj hral. but gradually increased. the
Iowcrmopt monkey striking lDa hands vlos
lrutly on the cnrtl, ~ he passed The tan.
rent Of the utclllat,ug curve. Several
prlirra upon the limbs above aided the
movement.
T,i% continued until the monkey At the
end Of the clinin was thrown among tee
branches OF n tree ON The opposite bank
Here, nller two or three vibrations, hc
clnlcl,cd n lnnl,, and held fast. This move.
,ncuI was executed ndrolIly. Just Mt the
eliminating poiul ut the OSCILLATION, ~ OF.
dnr to sayr the intermediate links from The
y@iUIrurr Of n too sudden I"rk
The oImiu WA now lhat nj both ends.
forming II c%uinplct" suspension bridge, over
wheel, the wlsoI" troop, TO- the number ol
Ionr or Eve hundred, passed with the m
ptd,ty Of thought
it wne one Of the most c]otnlcnl aighte !
ever hnirId. to witness the uilzz'rnl ex-
preston OF cOuni"nanccs along that living
nh,,,, q
The troop WA now on the other slhc,
but how were the auiruaIs forming the
bridge to get themselves over! This was
the uuceliou thnt anegcstcd rt-cIf. Man
rIoetly, by munllcr one letting go his tnlI.
But then the potm d'a/PW on tn" other
e,lr wna much lower down. and number |
one. with lln,tn-doHou Of liIa %nrighIorR.
would lm dashed against the oppoAldn
bank, or aol,acd into the water.
} Hero. then, wna n problem, md we
waited W1h some curiosity for IT, solution
It VIVA soon solved, A monkey was now
aocu attaching lls tail to tue loWcat on
the bridge. another girdcI him IN II
almlInr mnnrrr. and another, aud 40 on.
until II dozen more were added to the
string. These |n4t were MI powerful fell
lows ANA, running mp to II high limb,
they lifted the bridge into Il p~osItion nj
most horizontal.
Then a scream from the last monkey of
the new formation warned the tail end
that all was ready and The next moment
the whole clialn was swung over, and
landed safely on the opposite bunk. The
lowernost links 10Y dropped oil like II
melting. candle, while the lligbct ones
10 Ihc branches aud came down by
TIA" trunk. Tia" who'll" troop tI,en scam
p"r"a of INTO The chnplnril aud di4ar-
pcarcd !-Ci0H. Rcti'S A,lnrNk4,rs IN
,SDAfHfyU 1irrirV.