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

DON'T ma that l am hurt myself.
TwombIy watched the balance Of the
night, but nothing was heard except the
aliiGators in the river, and the cries Of the
owls, and other birds Of darkness.
The next day, YwombIy set his larye
trap.cagc, batvd with somc fruit and I,
boutc OF arrack. 1t was so fixed that if
anything touched the boulc, the door Of
the cage would fall and shut in the iutru-
der. a cup full Of arack " ; also put
in The cage, that the orang might be at.
tractcd by the smci! of the liquor. Our
hunters were out during the day, and
ranged through the forest, and iI,cv Re.
ported ihat they had frequently seen the
same back figures moving swiftly among
the tree tops,or lcapinc along thr ground,
but that thcy could not get n shot.
We had 10 disturbance the next night
but on visiting the trap in The morning,
sure enough there was the monster.
lie had evidently drank the arrack,
and WAS dead drunk.
lie appeared to ho about five and
half feet high, aud very muscular, with
AN mm .uso brcadih Of chest, and arms
hike a horses leg. lis body was cover
cd wIlh iong brown HAIR O! IA soft texture;
iha' on Tie 'ace WAS grZz'cI like that Of
%ro'ch terrier
we Immediately bound hlm securely
with ropes, and WAS for taking him oil
directly down 'hc river. before he got 50.
Der, but Iwomhly said no; he was very
anA'ous to got another Q! the animals for
companion 10 '"is "ne. iJ'd hm that
there would hc trouble with the beast, rs
soon Il, he got to be sober, and that, per
maps, the oilers might attack us to res
cue '"[f '"mra"'i ""i lie was determine!
to uy Tor ""'thcr oran3, and 20 | agreed
to see 1t ont with hun.
I"""'"' the m"''e OF tho aay' the
"'Id ma" logan to recover from hIs drunk;
be stared round for while, and then
commenced to struggle violently, but
when hc found he could not get loose, he
bean to utter the most tremcndou, ycI.s
which resoundcd through the forest, and
alarmed me a good Jem, for what heard
ot the Sagnc!,y OF these creatures, led ne
to fear they might attack lis. Nor WAS !
wrong; FOR though We gagged the beast
as soon as We could, the mischief was
done. In about ten minutes from the
time lie began To yell, we saw several
more OF thc orangs lowering about our
camp, apparently watching us, aud much
e%chcd' soon uey became more hume
ro"S AID O"!dcr tI.l in 4 short time at
least '"cHiE ~ item were IN sight, AIMED
wii' clubs and stones, "htch they began
to p"it us will, Yelling icariuIly at the
same ''ne'
NongNo nm: the Javanc>c had taken
no part IN the dlscosN5"n h"'wccn Twom'
h'y ana me, hut ." beng appealed 10, The
iorner sad:
I'll YOU ASK N"ngso, he says let the
ormg kubu 90; get away from his coun-
Try very soon.
MOI /, indeed, S":d Womh'y. "At'
Ter so much iiunb'e III getting the var
mi"I won ct h!m oI! yet awhile, you
may depend i.cE bin up men and put
h'm - Tie boar,
y" sooner "td inc troop ol oFangS out
''de sec tbs ,"ment, than they began
TO close up with horrd roarS, tinging
stones ana c'"rs with so much accuracy,
'"at TWO or tHtce OF our men werg hit,
"hd one knocHed down.
l""InoIy directly Icvc He'd h'S rifle at q
p'S GFey'he"ded brute who seemed 70 lie
Tie leader """ shot han dead. The res:
were III Inc ''ee TOPS IN 4 minute, "nd we
"S"l" began 10 take our captive TO the
boat Al u's' Tie orangS renewed their
attack from the trees, breaking OF great
branches with Mhat "celhed incredible
strength and hur,ng ;hem at us.
Dui we got - the river LanE, and were
J'St gong TO place the "rang IN tic boat,
""en 'he Woe troop made furious rush
upon Us ahI, ALTHOUGH We tred upon
'h''n' ana Killed ana wounded sevcsal, it
was o' no use we were al! knocked
over "hd' when we recovered ourselves,
We saw The "i'd men bearing ott their
companion IN Their arms, One OF our
hunters , lay He'd with hIs skull fractured
~ blow OF a club; another had his arm
DTohShJ Ong>o WAS DauIy torn by the
'eeth OF an oI"ng; ana we were all more