Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-06-01

Hoh', thrust the emu OF IL INTO the cavity,
until he met with an obstacle, and suddenly
made face, which so amused Flank that
he would have laughed had not the man.
door raised his finger warningly and di-
rectly after the ape drew out his extraor-
dinary line with jerk. At the end of ii,
however, hung the desired booty, a fat crab,
by one of his claws; and swinging It round
on the ground with such violence as to
make it lose its hold, he took it into his left
paw, picked up stone in the other, and af-
ter cracking the shell, devoured the savory
contents with evident signs of satisfaction.
Four or five he thus caught in succession
on each occasion, when the crab nipped
him, he made face of heroic resignation
and pain but each time he was successful,
and he must have found in the dainty dish,
and the revenge for the nip, abundant sat-
istaction for the pain he endured, or else he
would not have set to work again so soon.
Thus the ape, quite engaged with the
sport, aud without taking his eyes off the
ground, had approached to within about
twenty PAGES of the party concealed behind
the pandanas tree. Here again the ground
was full of holes; and looking out the one
he conjectured to be the best, he threw in
his line once more, and probably felt there
was something alive within, for he awaited
the result with signs of most eager atten-
ton.
The affair, however, lasted longer than
he had anticipated; but being already toll
erably filled by his past successful hauls, he
pulled up his knees, laid his long arms upon
them, bowed his head, and half-closing his
eyes, he assumed such a resigned, and yet
exquisitely comical face, as only an ape is
capable OF putting on under these circum-
stances. But his quiet was destined to be
disturbed in manner as unexpected as cru
ell; he must have discovered some very in
teresting object in the clouds, for he was
staring up there fixedly, when he suddenly
uttered loud yell, let hold of his knees,
felt with both hands for his tail, and made
a bound in the air as if the ground under
him was beginning TO grow red hot. AT
the end of his tail, however, hung a gigan-
tic crab, torn with such desperate energy
from its hiding place, that Frank could not
restrain himself any longer, but burst into
a loud laugh. The mandoor at first re-
tanned his gravity but when the ape
alarmed at the strange sound, looked up in
spite cf his pain and saw men, and then
bounded off at full speed, with his torment
old man could no longer refrain either, and
they both laughed till the tears run down
their cheeks.
The ape, meanwhile flew across the mar
row strip of sand, followed by all the 9TH
ers, toward the jungle; and in moment
after not single one was visible.
TRAPPING A TIGER.---AnIngenious mode
of tiger-killing is that which is employed
by the natives of Dude. They gather a
number of the broad leaves of the prauss
tree, which much resembles the sycamore
and having well besmeared them with a
kind of birdlime, they sirew them in the
animals way, taking care to lay them with
the prepared side uppermost. Let tiger
but put his paw on one of these innocent
looking leaves, and his fate is settled. Find.
ing the leaf stick to his paw, he shakes it.
in order to rid himself of the nuisance and
finding that plan unsuccessful, he endeavor;
to attain his object by rubbing it against
his face, thereby smearing the ropy birdlime
over his nose and eyes, and gluing the eye
: lids together. BY this time, he has proba
bly, trodden upon several more of the treach
erous leaves, and he is bewildered with the
novel Inconvenience then he rolls on the
ground, and rubs his head and face on the
earth, in his efforts to get free. BY Sc
doing, he only adds fresh birdlime to hi:
head, body, and limbs, agglutinates hi
sleek fur together in unsightly tufts, ant
finishes by hoodwinking himself so thorough
ly with leaves and birdlime, that he lie
. foundering on the ground, tearing up tn
earth with his claws, uttering howls of rag
, and disnsay, and exhaostedsby flic iDPoten
, struggles in which he has been so long en-
gagged. These cries are signal to the au
thors of his misery, who run TO the spot
:, armed with guns, bows, and spears,and fin
no difficulty in dispatching their blind AM
t wearied foe.-Romlege's Illustrated Ndtu
raj History.
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