Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-12-06

in the imperial crown and is there to-day
if one could only see ,hs. crown.
HOW APES CATCH CRABS AND CRABS
CATCH APES.
A traveller in Java relates the folio wing
amusing scene which he witnessed in the
company Of the natives:
"Af,er walking close up to the old cam
paign, they were upon the point Of turning
the lhickei, snd said . few words to the
mandoor. The Is.ter turned with q lsuqh
to Frank, and asked il he had ever seen The
apes catch crabs. Fssnk replied in The ne
gs,ive, and The msndoor, taking his hsnd,
led him gently and cautiously through the
deserted village To . spo. which The young
fellow had pointed out, and where the old
man had formerly planted hedges, rendering
it an easy task for them to approach unob-
served.
A. length they reached The boundary Of
the former sel,lemen.-a dry sandy soil,
strip Of beach. where all vegetation ceased,
snd only single tall pandsnus tree whose
roots were ,hickly interIaced with creeping
plants, formed as it were the advanced pos,
Of the vegetable kingdom. Behind this
they crswled along, snd cautiously raising
their heads they saw seversl apes, at dis
lance Of three hundred paces, who were
pe''lv looking for something, as they walk
ed up and down the beach, while others
stood mnionless.
]. was the ng-,siled, brown variety, and
Frsnk was beginning TO regret tha, he hsd
not his telescope with him 10 watch the
motion Of these strange beings more cl"se-
! ". when one Of them, q tremendous large
fellow, began .,n draw nearer 10 them
Co. cfnllv examining the ground over which
| he went on eli fna's, he stood st intervals
10 scratch himself. or 10 snsp " some inscei
that buzzed sround him.
He came so close that Frank fsncied tina,
he mus, seen, them and give The alarm TO
the other monkevs, when suddenly passing
over little elevation covered with wUhered.
reedv grass, he here discovered . party Of
CT abs psrsdlng up and down on The ho! sand.
With bound he was among them, but no.
quick enough to catch single one for the
crabs, though apparently so clumsy, dsrsed
like lightning into . quantity Of small holes
or cavities, which made the ground here re-.
semble seive, and the ape could not thrust,
his pa VS. after them, for the orifce was too
narrow.
The msndoor nudeed Frank gently, to
after crawling once or twice up and dawn
The small s,tIp Of land, and peeping into the
vsrious holes, with its nose close 10 the
ground, suddenly seating himself very grave
| lv by one Of Them, which he fsncied mos,
suitable. He then brought Ground his long
tail 10 the front, thrust the end of II into the
cavity, until he met with sn obstacle, and
suddenly made a fsce, which so amused
Frank, ,hs, he would have laughed loudly
had no, the msndoor raised his finger warn
lngIy, snd directly the ape drew ou. his ex-
nsordinsrv line with jerk. Al the end Of
it, however, hung the desired booty, "a.
crab, by one Of ns claws, and swinRine j.
round on The ground with such violence ss
To make It loose i,s hold, he took j, in his
left pa W, picked up q stone with the other,
and after cracking the shell, devoured the
savorv contents with ev,den, satisfaction.
| -Four or five he thus caught in succession,
on each occasion, when the crab nipped
him. msking face of heroic resignation and
pain, bu, each tine he was successful. and
must have found IN the dainty dish and The
revenge for the nip abundant satisfaction for
the pain he endured, or else he would not
hsve set 10 work again go soon.
Thus, then the ape, quite engaged with
the spor', and wi.hou. taking his eyes of
the ground, had approached TO within sboo,
twenty PAGES Of The party concealed behind
he psndsnus tree. Here, sgsin, the ground
was full of holes, and looking out the one
no conjeclured TO be the bes', he threw in
his line once, and probably feI. thu. there
was something alive within, for he awaited
the resuI, with signs Of the mos, ssger al.
lention.
The affair, however, lasted longer than he
anticipated bu. beng already we'll filled by
his past successful h,uIs, he pulled up his
knees, laid his arms upon them, bowed his
head, and, half closing his ey es, he sssum-
ed such On exquisi.ely comicaI face, ss only
On ape is capable Of pu!.iDg on under these
circumstances.
Bu, his quie. was destined TO be disturb
ed in a manner as unsupported ss il was
cruel. He mus, have dIscernrd some very
interesting objects in the clouds, for he va.
s.srrlng up there 6xedly, when he uttered
. loud yell, left hold Of his knees, fel, With