Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-10
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CoekrOaehes in India.
These familiar pests sppear 70 be more
nautical In their tastes than their British
relatives the black beet1ez Those boE-
Rors of me kSGsmaids afest, a. we al
know. the e1bboaEds and interior reessses
Of Dwelling hO1ses.-As far as my G-
Psrienee gos, the ETorite bauuts OK the
: RUplcal sezr1baei are segzP ships and
river ste&mbosts In 3 sugar ship, tier
grow bl0atsd and spOpleetie, and nav BE-
picked up at the end Of the voyage In =
semI-eandied stzse, that e1eites e much
pity - the helpless eon9itien Of q prize
pig At the Christmas cattle show But
In . riTer steamboat, they not only attain
an enormous size, bat they possess an
activity that Is positively Startling Ny
first experience Of the lively qualities Of
the Bt1tta OTs7talis-so give him his
scientific n4me-Tas IN this manner. 1 i
hsd jnss arrived 4. Calcutta from England
and my regiment being al Pe=haWur, I
mads arrangements to perform the first
In steamer bound for AiEzhabad The
passengers fat was fall 70 OVERLOOKING,
and tilough Il was the middle of June.
thought myself lucky 70 secure In the
tug ANAL deu, lit 3. a buil's-sre. and
separated from the engine-roon by al
thin buik-head In all the Tezdsney Of
grhabo95. paid two hundred and
serenity rupees EoT the decentralization.
bat 1 might just as vel have throEni
them into the the Hooghiy. I little
thought that my cabin was already oecu-
pied by 3 numerous family, vino yyonld
fercsiy resent an disturbance Of that
possession, which In all paris Of the world,
4Hcat or ashore, cc1stituteS uine points Of
theiaE. 1t Tas perfect bottled Ofeockr0a-
ehes, WHO, under the genial influence of
fbsengiEe-fipes, had attained dimensions
actually gigantic. They we're prize
insects that would have won the gold
medal at any chronological exhibition
Compared to other cockrOaches, the cock
roaebes Of that cabin were as black Ham
burg grapes forced into dollhouse, aud
as plums are to the miserable little ber-
r1es grown III the open PR and against
wall with northern azpect In point of
speed, they were as the winners Of the
Derby to Shetland pony, or as an ex-
press train TO city omnibus To sleep
was impossible. / had mot been in bed
five minutes before the whole population
Of the cabin rose as one cockroaeh to
assert their rights and expei the intruder
They scaled the camel-trunks that formed
nv temporary uea0SLSstQS or QFDppeQ
npon me from the deck overhead, til
was covered az thickly with oborigines as
CULVER was with tEe Lilipulians. By
handfnls swept them from my bed, and
Ifelt savage pleasure in hearing them
rattle in showers ON the hard floor, but
they were unhurt, aud returned to the
charge more lively than before Ny only
defense was candle, for the BIatta
have weak eyes, and, ike other marau-
ders, love darkness. Directly struck a
light. the scaly monsters hoped off the
bed, and scuttled away like magic into
the most gloomy reeesses of the cabin.
Tony horror7stricken Imagination, they
seemed like enormous crabs with the
horns of antelopes and the legs of ostri-
ches. 1 need not say they gained even
tually complete victory. could not
keep candle burning all night, and if
did, | could not close my eyes in the
midst of an army Of monster black beet
les. discretion is the better part of valor
and am not ashamed to own that made
hasty and undignifieI retreat, and left
the original proprieoOrs in undisturbed
possession of my cabin. On deck found
dining-table, which for ak weeks for
med my nightly couch-ItHas hard but
cool. and had not to share 1t with such
lively bed-felloWs as Ihad found below.