Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-03-15
The Boa and the Monkeys.

In the year 1923, an English officer
who was stationed with his regiment in
the neighborhood of Kulladgee, in India
"a region in which monkeys abound in
numberless quantities, and whose yells.
shreks, and hootings were indescribab bly,
wild--was a witness OF a most eXtraor-
binary scene, which he has thus sketch
ed: vi was one day, with native tor
companion. climbing one OF the s!antIng
ascents Of the Runmudlle cliff, when
| became aware that an unusual commo-
tion reigned amongst my friends the
monkeys w hich had by this time got SO
fam liarized with my appearance, that
they seldom condescended to honor me
With SNAIL, or bough flung towards
me in sport. Creeping round rock, be
mind which they appeared TO congregate.
aud on which grew a large gunara bac
Tree, completely golden with the abun-
dance of yellow blossoms which covered
IL, | at once found M self on the stage
OF a strange tragedy in simian life. In
the voluminoUs folds OF boa constructor
was being slowly enwrapped beautiful
struggles denoted that came too late,
even bad been prepared to 60 battle with
the reptile III the cause OF oppressed in
nocence. The monkeys in evident alarm,
ran hi:her and thiIher, moping and new
ing. aud cha.tering; but not one advanced
near the spot. where presently their poor
companion become almost quite hidden
from view in the embrace OF Its destroy er.
Determined to watch the process oil the
affair. | quietly sat down, until gradual
~ the monkey had been moulded. as il
were, into proper condition for deg lu;i-
ton, fox could hear the bones crack as
they broke beneath the pressure TO which
they were subjected; and ere long, as the
serpent began. TO uniwis, lis folds, could
admire a leisure the magniicence Of its
glitterlng scales, that shone like some
richly yariegated metallic substance.
Shudered as beheld its grand and awfu.
head-the prominent orbits OF the eyes
aud the eyes themselves large and lunin
Gus with fiery light. The creature was
at least twenty feet in length. and was
apparently famished by long fas:. Per
tectly Needless Of the noise made by the
monkeys, it uuwound its coils Till the
victim. now an umTecognlsable mass, lay
before i, fabricated and Il, 10 be receiv.
ed into the destroyer's stomach. When
The reptile had fairly commenced its re-
past, and the before placid body began to
fill and swell, .etired from the arena of
conflict and hall of banquet. DESTROYS OF
summoning my friend to assis. me In
capturing the sated giant. l knew thai
when gorged to repletion. there would be
no difficulty in making prize Of the ser
pen,; and he entered into my plans most
willingly. Accompanied by stout las
Car bearing strong cudgel and sharp
knife, for slaughter and SHINING. we lost
however. fresh marvels were being enact
ed. proving thai the passion o. revenge is
not confined TO the human breast. Keep
ing aloot, we resolved not TO mar by any
inter ference the by 40 means nlystlfying
operations i'll which the monkeys were
engaged. The boa constructor lay thor
ougnly gorged, and like log of wood,
beneath the same projecting mass Vi Gin
where | had left it. On the summit of
this ,ck troop Of monkeys had assem-
bled, and three or four o: the largest and
strongest were occup pied in dispiacing an
immense fragmen. of the massive stone,
already loosened by time and the ele-
men,s, from the rest of the ledge. This
mass almost overshadowed the reptile.
BY enormous exeriions. made in a silence
that was rare with them, they at last
succeeded liz pushing il EDWARDS until
il hung over the boa's head, when utter
ing fierce yell. in which every separate
voice mingled, by vigorous movement
they showed ii sheer down. The heavy
mass fell right on the serpent's head.
crushing it as if it were a cocoa nut; and
as the reptile dashed its fearful tail about
in the final struggles for life, we could
not refrain from joining in the singular
chorus of rejoicing with which the mon
keys now celebrated their accomplished
vengeance.
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