The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-05-06

lcroclty, and very cunning, so that its
capture was not likely TO be very easy
thing. He had beard however, that these
wild men weIe like others Of the monkey
tribe, quite inquisi,ivc and curious in their
dispositions, and also very fond of nrrack,
SOFT Of spirit distilled from rice. Upon
these traits III thclf character, my friend
founded hi, hopes Of success.
We'll in good time, we arrived at Quail.
la Batto, ana commenced trading with
the Malays !or pepper. They arc say.
age, and trCachcrous race, and have fre
, quent'y attacked, and taken uuguardcC d
mcrchaml vessels, in which case they have
/ generally Killed all hands and burned
! the vessel. We felt pretty safe, however
for an American frigaie had not long be
fore chastiscI. these people severely fol
I their l'irntical doings, and they had pro-
missed faithfully to respect our flag.
TwGmh'y learned that in the immedi.
ate vicinity of the river where We Law
! the animal he was in search Of was not
! 10 be found, bat that about twenty miles
! up the river they we're often seen, SO that
the MaIHys, WHO dreaded thcm extreme
. :. '''''''N'i '''''N pau hi Ai4t iNtT.
His WIS enoagh for TwomLly, whc
directly hcg"n TO prepare for the cxpcdi
. non. lie borrowed light, easy pulling
boat, which tie ship had hanging at hei
T qunter, big enough TO carry eight or zen
men. lie Invited me TO 60 along and
/ as | WAS always on hand for sport,
agreed. We took the four Iavauese hun
trrs, aui u Malay guide, and started
= about sulrIsc one line morning. | carried
a double laurel Twomhiy had ril,
and pistols, and Tie men were mmci af
ter their ftsh!ou, with spears and the kris
sort OF long dagger, with waved and
crooked blade, universally worn hv tho
inhabitants of the Eastern Arch;rrlnro
We carried ropes aud nets, and a large
trap cage.
The rivcr we found to be narrow and
? "rrl', rather sluggish, and the banks GOV.
enc" with lEick jungle. 1t seemed to le
tu.i C! fish, and Immense ailgntuls were
al around Us, so tame and fearless. il,a,
we could si.oo; nj ILCm al very shur,
distance. Iwouh!v, WHO was 4 very
good shot with rifle, turned over a mum
Der of them. We stopped two hours at
noon Tor dinner, aud caught n fine mess
"i hSh, and shot some large ducks ou tho
rivcr, Se,cra of which were yobhIed IN
~ the nIlicalors before We could get rhca,
/ By the We saw what would ue our fate
Il We should (all overheard, or he capsiz.
vd there.
About an hour before sunset, our guide
/ told ia that here WAS the place to camp
and that we had GOT to the rariyn ire
Iucn.CL hy orGny outang.
Here the hauks "t the river were hilly
and hr"%rm, l.Ut still covered with heavy
growth OF timNrr We landed made our
camp, building large fires to keep off the
llgcrs, ani other Wild Leasls, though uul
guide assured US that ihere WAS 10 dan.
( ger from the tigers, for that all animals
feared the uraug l.ubN.
/ Said he, "Orpng Kuhu is the lord OF
! the forest; tigers, bears, all hv before
him. Very powerful Is Orang kuJu."
Myself How does he if2ht tiger. p
should think they wero too strong 70,
him.
. -Nol"y. Oang KuLu goes TO hatt,
aIncd with club large rs yodr leg is
h's cIuI, ola, uletchanl and his blow i.
/ tyurOIc.
/ -hyaeA But perhaps ho will not be
. Posse! " it!l our c"miug here 10 look ior
( hsm. WI! l." attack uS, 90 YOU think
,N"ldy. WHO can tell that ! Ii it is
The Vii! Of Allah, lac will attack us. But
i hs does, the white Luuter can make
/ him ca, bullets.
T~omJiy. Yes, could DO that,
N"ngso, bot | want to take him home
. miIh INC ALIKE.
We eat our supper smoked our pipes,
, and thcn all the pHr'y, except my self, lay
down 10y the fire. got up into tree
jns' outside the circle Of light made by
cur frc, TO watch, with my yum.
bad sat lhers, perhaps, au hour, and
/ was getting 10 lie drowsy, when heard
the swapping Cf dry twss, rs Il some ami,
NAL was stepping on it; and rousing my.
sell, saw, at a few rods distance, what
at first took to be man leaning on a
I siaif, and coming slowly towards the fire
Thinking u was some prowimr Malay.
cooked my gun. The roise, slight as it
, was, appeared 10 alarm the figure, which
10 my hstShlsbmeht, uthp one very long
arm, and drew itself right up into the
I tree under which it bad been standing. -
Still Thought it might be an active Ma.
lay, aud sat watching with my finger on
the trigger, when thought ! heard n
ruStlng in the tree above Gle, and look.
ing up, could just discern the same dark
hgure above me. | sprang back, and
fred charge Of buck-sLot into the tree.
Almost at the same Instant, was dashed
TO the ground with great force, and knew
nothing more till found myself lying
by the tire, with Twomblv aud the other
men standing about me. Their story
was, that directly on hearing my gun,
they had sprung up and rushed towards
me ; that was lying on the ground in
the grasp Of an immense black figure,
with white head. AS they came up.
the figure ietfeated with tremendous