Litchfield enquirer., 1854-07-20
Flight from the Balloons.

The baboon ia la,ge his shapan crea
 ture. loo well known to need description here, but still very numerous in, K.tf,a
 'ia. TLey a.e usnally found in herds or t'oops together. varying tn .ize and num- Der. and if attacked or molestetl are very savage "A st,Snge rencon,,e with one of these afo6ps once ocru,ed tolhetau
 ,hJr. While on an excursion tc Perrie bush, about sixteen miles from King Wi. lmm 'as TaWns .i,s siarlsdsfsom the vllage alone fdr the purpose of waiting the saw pits; which were about q mile or more towa,ds the midst of the forests. Hay. ing reached these. and trarsac,ed the business in hand. he was info. nisd of a small ,ivulet at d little distance further on among the woods forming some very picturesque cs.cades; and tie banks of which were covered over with . rare kind of flower. He therefore started alone upon < ratiible in search of i.. and sue ceeded at length. after some little diff
 culty. in making it out: Seducsd 6y tho wild loyeliness of the scene Ne aGvahted further on. at the other side of the stream, along what is called a KaGr path; bu, soon getting off this he hecame enlangletl in the bush and underwood. The foliage overhead being so thick as 10 exclude the sun. q small pocket compass was the only safe guide and. whilst trying io adjust th.s, he was saldted by a'toIley of bros ken sticks and berries from overhead. = Never dreaming of such an attack, and not being able to see the slightest vestige of auim ls near. he still continued lis oc cnpaiion. when a second similar salute made him gladly pocket the compass. and make towards the low ground in hopes of finding the stream. This he soon reached. and, when on its bank, more easily recovered the lost path.- Du,ipg his perplexi'y however. the clat. sering overheso soon betrayed the asssil> ants to be large herd of baboons whom
 he DOW thought. when clear of the thick.
 ct. he mighl ieasepin his turn. z. Accord ingly, he commenced throwing stones ai sucli as wets within reach; when. ihsiead
 If takng flight '(as he expected tEey
 would )lo his great conste' naiion he be>
 held f,om ever, tree hear him five or ten of tie great mis-shapen creatures swings ing irom branch 10 biancb, and making towards himself and the ground. Have ing no gun and no whip with him he nov ,hought t full time to decamp; which he jmmedia,ely did 'upning fasler, pros bably sl,mn evsr he did helore or sincs. and pu'surd si fuil Cry (if cry the dread- ,ul noise cenId be te, med. J by fifty O. slxty avkward v. 'ches. that seemed so meek at the courage If ti'.i adversary. and certainly dsspisrd his il judged plan of attack and aslance. A. the saw pits howeseI. ilsey sounded ihe hali, tearing ,laI he would ind a reinforcement lhe'e among the sawje.s Bu, this. io his geAl disnay. was not forthcoming, as they had gnae home to she village 10,
 dInner. lie, iErFefo,e tried .0 increase his spted, and finally succrrded n ges- ting well away irnm them ard back ,o Penie. Tssy glad indeed lo escape so sa- lly and his boois and face telling FA'h> Q. plainly sls~,e. whether he had hern iol> Ina ing ai,er the hrautiful q. she hah,nns .ls.r i'm Eismisg's Ks6suvia and iss ~