The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-07-09
STEAMER BELFAST
ARRIVED HERE MAY I'D. 1889.
lrNcrfI fcn Yrrr NrInrI Ii ~ Pitt
The Monkey Pilgrims.

The following account Of a singular
custom among the monkeys in the Ea.t
is taken fr"m skeiches IN India, pub
Iishen in "U2usehoid Iroris." We have
reason to believe the story is true.
About two III | 8 from the bungalow
to which We were proceeding, VIZ over
took large tribe of monkeys. Il should
say as many as four hundred; and each
carried a stick of uniform lergtb and
shape They moved along in rats or
companies just, in short, as though they
were initiating wing Of regiment Of
infantry. Attle head of this tribe was
an old and very powerful monkey, who
was no doubt the chief. 1t va. very
odd sight. and became greatly interest
ed in the movement of the creatures
There could be no question that they
had either some business 'or some pleas
ure on hand in fact each carrying IA
stick led Us 10 conclude that il was the
former upon which they were bent
Their destination was, ike ours, evident
ly Deobuna, where there were some
hundreds Of monkeys fed BY nun!er of
Brahmins who live near iiiudoo tenn
pie there and perform religious cercmo-
mics. They (this monkey reeiment)
would not get out Of the road on our ac-
count, nor disturb themselves in any
way (; and my friend was afraid to drive
through their ranks, or over any Of
them. for when assaiIcd they are the most
ferocieus brutes. aud armed as they were,
aai ia such numbers, they could have
annihilated Us with the greatest ease.-
There Was no help for Us. therefore, but
to let the mare proceed at a walk in the
rear of the tribe, the members Of which
now that we neared Deobund, began to
chatter friah'fully. just oefore We came
10 the bungalow. tEey left tie road and
took the direction of the temple. Fain
would W. have followed them, but to do
50 ,n a buggy would have been impossi,
bic, for they crossed over some very
rough ground aud two bitches. My
friend therefore requested the sewers 10
follow them and report all they Nigh,
observe Of their actions.
My friend ment oned to the Khansa.
| nah, very old but very active and in.
tclligent man. the sig',. We had seen OIL
the road-the regiment Of monkeys
"Ah - exclaimed the Old mat, "it il
about the tine"
What time p
"Well. Sahib, about every five year
that tribe comes up the country t. pay a
visi, TO this place; aud another tribe
! Genes from the country--the hills, The,
meet in jungle behind the old Hindo,
temple, aud there embrace each ether a.
though they were human beings and old
friends who had ported for length o
time. | have seen in that jungle ns
many as four or five thousand Til,
Brahnins say that one large tribe come.
all tho way from Ajnerc, and ano,he
from the southern side of the country
aud from Napal aud Trihoot. There
were hundreds Of monkeys here thit
morning but now | do not see one suI
po.e they have gone to welcome thei
friends"
The sewers Who had been deputed 4
follow the tribe now rode up. and re
ported that, in the vicinity Of the ol'
temple, there was an army If apes-al
army of forty thousand. One Of tn
sewers. in the true spirit Of Oriental ex
sggera.ion. expressed himself to the ,,ffec
that it would be easier to count the hair
of ones head than the number there as
semhled
Let US 60 and look at them" sue
gesied, "and BY the tllue We return til
| lady may Be string"