The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-04

We copy passage from paper Ie&a becgs The AMER
can Geographical Society BY Captain Gibsoa. lately
TUNED frcm the East Indies and bringing with hin
new iacts a. 10 The lnbss Of 0uan outangs inhabng
The deserts Of thai part Of the world he says
My statement q The extraordinary peenlass Of these
apparently senhaHan benss has led 70 The expression Of
30 much curiosity know o them by some, and Of
sksPueisn he 81 the pan Of
Others, that have deemed II due 10 myself and public
curiosity 70 give additional faeis along with ali The
eorEoboranve evidences thar h~s fallen under ooserva-
ton.
. While M,niok Palemb2ng and Batavia, / beard
rsm4Tkabie siorles Of the agility aadAciy. and
peeiaily Of he strength, Of me ouraIs oaAs
VIII trospass upon attention By relating Of the
most extraordinary, al the Ilme OF the best all
tested which heard while Batavia Lientenani Shoch,
OF The DnIch East India army, was on march with
small detachment Of troops and coolies the southeastern
coasto Borneo be had occasion during
the monday heal on the banks OF OF the small ubu
tasies Of the Bsngarmassn The lieutenant had with him
his domestic rstabishment which lnclnded hls dsug he
playful and interesting lte girl Of the age Of hir
teen One day. while wandering Ia the Jungle be-
yond The prescribed limits OF the camp, and hav-
ing from the oppressive heat looseaed her garments
and thrown them of almost 70 nudity, the beauty Of
her excited the notice Of ouang who
sprAng upon her and carried her on Her piercing
screams rang through the forest 10 the Of her
doing protectors, and reused every in the camp
The swift barefo footed coolies foremost in pursuit
and the rings the axonized fathers that
daughter Is ucsoured by binzfsng-agnln, that
has carried her OF He rasrs half phrenzed
with the whole company The hiekrt from whence the
procSeded and there the topmost limbs of
enormous b1uyan, the father behoid- his daughter
naked bleeding and struggling in the grasp Of powerful
oarxng outang who held her tghty. yet easily with
arm, while he spnng lightly from limb limb, If
wholly unencnmbe Ted II In vain think Of shoot
ing The moAsier, 80 agile he. THE Dyak coolies
knowing habits 81 the and know that
he viii always plaD9e into the when
hard pressed. began system OF operations 10 drive
him the water; they sci up great shon' throw
ing missiles Of all kinds, and agitang the nnderbrnsh
while some proceeded ascend the BY the rsdoubed
OF ths whole company tho monster gradual
" driven toward the WATER ~ sun holding ugay 10 the
poor girl Al last, the monster and Las vctl
on an ontste,ching Lamb oyerhanging the The
coolies, VINO among the exPertsst swimmers IN the
world i'm saediaey aed The banks the soldiers continued
the ou1cres and throwing Of missiles. He ulasped his
prize ghty took su'EeF Ct the water and Of his
upward gazing enemies and then eaped into the food
below he bad hardly touehed the fifty reseluie
svimcasra punged Ia pufsait he rises dozen
arms are reached towards him he i grasped orheFa
lay bold upon the usensbie girl the oarans-outsng used
defend aud airr lacerating hs bodies Of
coolies his CLAWS, finally
ceeded diving oud The reach Of his pnrssrs and in
ssca ping dowa he sJrea n while he bleeding, inseshle
Ledah restored the Of hsr father and
in whose hands ultimately restored cooeipns
ness, health. and strength more THIS
oa the classic story OF Pinto and Proserpine i vet
snthenscs ted and the girl grown-up woman, ia
living At Ambanys, m TIE Moaneas"