Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-05-23
Ne. 8. WHO'S No, 1855.

walk upright like human being but
when hard pressed on level ground, or
going up hill they use their long arms
IS fore-legs, and then run with inconceiv-
able swifiness. Wien flying with their
own young, the greater part Of them
will run nearly twice as fast as an ordi-
nary man, for the cubs cling to them With
both feet and hands, but as my poor
William shrunk from the monsters touch,
ne was obliged to embrace him closely
with one paw, and run on three leQsS
stu 10 that manner he outran me. Oh
may never earthly parent be engagediEf
such heart-rending pursuit! Keeping
still his distance before me, he reached
Keys river, and there the last CLEAN Of
hope closed on me, for I could not swim,s
while the ourang outsng with much
adroitness threw the child across SSis
shoulders. held him by the feet with one
paw, and with the other three stemmed
the river, though then in food, with
amazing rapidity. It was at this mo-
ment that my beloved babe got his eyes
on me as ran across the plain towards
him, and saw him holding up his little.
hands in the midstlof the foaming food.
and crying out, Pa! pa ! par which
ne seemed to utter with sort Of despe-
rate joy at seeing me approach.
Alas! that sight was the last, form
two minutes thereafter, the monster van
ished. with my dear child, inthe iungles
and woods beyond the river, and then nag
course was stayed, for to have thrown
myself in, would have only been CON-
hitting suicide, and leaving destitute
widow in o foreign laad. had there
fore no other resource but to throw my
self down, and pour out my soul in Ia
mentation and prayer to God. From
this state Of haplessmisery, was quick
ly aroused by the sight Of twelve Of nay
countrymen, coming full speed across
the plain on my track. They were all
armed and stripped for the pursuit, and
four of them, some Of whom you know.
Adam tombstone, Adam Halliday, Peter
Carruthers, and Joseph Nicholson, being
excellent swimmers, plunged at once in
to the river and swami across, though not
without both difficulty and danger, and
without the loss Of time continued the
pursuit.
The remainder Of us. nine in number.
were obliged to 60 half days. journey
up the river, to a place called Shekah,
where the Tambookies dragged US over
on q hurdle; and we there procured a
Kousi, who had q hound, which he pre-
tended could follow the track Of an on.
rang outang over the whole world. Ur4
ged on by sort Of forlorn and desper-
ate hope, we kept at running pace the
whole afternoon; and at the fall Of night,
came up with Peter Carruthers. who had
lost the other three. A singular a1ven.
ture had befallen to himsef. He I'M
his companions had agreed to keep With
in call Of each other, but as he advanced
he heard the voice Of child CRYING be-
hind him to the right, on With he turn
ed off 10 that direction, but heard no
more of the wall. As he was searching.
however, he perceived an ,ourang- eutang
steal from thicket, which nevertheless,
It seemed 10th to leave. When he pur-
sued it, it fed slowly, an with intent TO
entice him in pursuit from the spot; but
when he turned towards the thicket, It
Immediately followed. Peter was armed
with q pistol and rapier but bis pistol
and powder had been rendered useless
by swimming the river. and ne had noth-
ing to depend on but his rapier. The
creature at FIRST was afraid Of the pistol,
and kept aloof; but seing no fire issue
from il. came higher and higher and
seemed determined 10 have scutfie with
Carruthers for possession Of the thicket.
Al length IL shook its head, grinniEg with
disdai0. anl moiioned to him 20 ding the
pistol away as Of no use il then went and
brought two great clubs. Of which II gave
him the choice to fight with IL. There was
somelh,ag 50 bold, and at she same time 50
generous in ,his, that Peter took one. As II
apparently accepting the challenge, bnt at
that moment he pMlled out his cleaning "a.
uier. and ran al the hideous brute, which
frightened II 80 much, that II uttered two
or ,hree loud asunss like = hog, and scanl-
pered of; bull soon .nrning, y tntew lns
club at Peter with such certain a'na' sAhs
i, had very nigh killed him:
He saw no more Of the animAI sna. 1isns
lint when he found CarrulhsFs, he vas
still lingering about lbs spot: persuaded
that my child was there. an and tia that 4 M e
watchcd the thicket all night. and n the
very da.kes. hour. iA'gs Of my tTepidation
when heard the cries ofa child IN thick.
ct. almost slose BY me, and yell coald ! dis
.inguish that the erica pTocseded from the
month Of my own dear William, from that
swses and eomely moalh which had often
kissed hundred limss In day. We all
rushed spansaneo inso the thickei. and
all towards The same point but strange .
relate. ws only ran aEaihsi one anoshsEs
ana found nothing beaidss. ! cried onl my
boys name. e.tt all again was silent. an4
wc heard % more. He only uttered three
cries. aud thea We all heard distinctly that !.
his crying vas stopped ~ aozaeihing suited
into hls mouth. I still wonder how -
,ained ny seasoa, fOr essialaly % rszsnt
had ever such . trial q undergo. Before