Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-18
IT RAINED NOYKETS.
THE AMUSEMENT OF A TRAVELLER
E::ns IL CONSIDERATION.

Duty has taken me to Dharmsala.
= hill station considerably west Of
Simi.a. Ga the return Journey
! turned OF the main rDai al llaEgT8.
I The object Of this excursion was Ia
!. t. HeirhbUrinv shriuc, much ven.
Grated 10y the HiiuGOos. and called
JTliGmuukLgr. The native pill.
/ griEs, who come iu thousands.
lodge IL The open air under the
trees and UJak their own food: the
| rich bring tents for their aacgmIu-
/ iatiuu. Bat there was no place. f0r
I Europeans 10 luu..e in except the
usual ''listrict Cilirrr.' bungalow. =
This Is always q small house.
with two or three rooms, built
AMI furnished iy the gov
| trumcnt, and Iut in charge
Of a man servant, VINO both looks
after 10 and attends 10 the wants Of
those who occupy Dc. In 8. the q.
iicsr7 whom lGJy take 10 such cut
tine European Wurii's places,
Z lodge and transact business during
J the few days Of Tn. periodical visits.
To THIS bungalow, therefore. We
went. On tgiIlu'. the CBrgtaker who
We were, Dee opened the house, ami
while [ went IN and INDUCED in a
very u,el!ul and refreshing wash.
nc attended 90 my horst. These
( p--iImiuIEias Lyin. over, we sent
him int the town lo- IN. double
purpose O. pro uriug Us some fool
and uf iUquiriug fIum the priests 1t
what hOar We "a gh. Jay the temple
"a visit.
Tn" main road passes through a
LsHss wDui not lHi yards from this
iIgG-c, winch was more ,han hall q
mike away ..Hm the nearest part Of
the 51wu. From tire rJaI a narrow
avenue had hUeu e.tam0ug the trees
10 g small clearance around the
house, otherwise i t. quite buried il
the wood.
when thu clE.takur left NE |
found the house >tuliy and damp. Ii
n Il probably not baeu opened or
aired for days. fhe stiliues, around
was oppressive. Not "A sound was
heard except the munchiHg Of our
horse IN the neiyhuJriug sable or
tne rare cry o. liIi in the
tres, There was nothing in the
house Go RAJ aud nothing to do.
Moreover / had had q long ride and
felt rather stlif in the legs. 50 us
ing from the chair ! strOilei out II
the hUuSs. Alter walking ii-tlessly
around 1t, and pacing sle small
cleared space in front, / followed the
avenue 90 tle main road, and then
returning passed into the wool im-
mcr>gd an u.y own thoughts. IL
was literally twilight wood. - Tor
though II w.s nearly noon on
bright August dag, the trees stood
80 close ami their leave, grew so
thick that scarce a patch Of sunshine
lighted up q Few favored spots.
The giant branches Of the grand
Old trees more than touched. they
iuteTlacei. and formed a leafv
canopy overhead, with just here
and there a rent, 10 aLmiI a ray Of
Light and % give "A GLIMPSE OF the
bright blue say above.
SauuteTing under these trees. |
became conscious Of noises
in the branches above me. lookeI
up and about; hII though the
branches stirred and the leaves
/ CYUlI see nothing. I was
uat, however. long LETT in doubt or
: ecu!atlOn. 4 monkey, large
male, dropped from a branch ~ the
ground a a distance Of about thirty
feet in front 81 Me. A. he reached /
the ground he sIuIityu on his heels. |
resting both his uUuis on his knee, Z
aud gazing fNediy and sJlemuly at 1
me. His gravity unset mine. Then
near him another monkey dropped |
.iUgu; a third and fourth followed. |
IL began o. rain monkeys. IN tens, /
Ia scores. In hundreds: old, mid |
ilc-aged. and young; large and |
small; IOales anu femlle-mauy !
lf tEe latter carrying babies, some I
on their backs, Others I'm their arms |
kept dropping from tine trees |
around me. was standing under /
a mighty giant OF the forest, and /
against it, trunk, some five feet in |
| set my hack, as the /
monkeys in their hundreds squat
ted down in an irregular semicircle
rUuud. They diu not 20 behind /
the tree, Tor its trunk was much 4
wider than my back, and they
chose to iii only where they could 1
see me. : round they LETT a clear
space, but ut the distance Of about
thirty feet they sat huldled
close together, IN several rows,
500 and mere ia number. /
1t may be said in passing that
are sacred animals in
india. They are fed anu protected
and allowed 10 roam at large with
.mpunity. Vast numbers infest
Delhi, Agra, and other large towns.
At Beuares they are perfect
liague. In 80 favorable situation
L JwlamOOkhee, they naturally
multiply beyond reckoning, and
leople the woods IN sufficient hordes
o account for the hundreds that
now surround me. At some dis
ance beyond, several young mon
Key urchins. which preferred play
o curiosity, kept suslending them
elves from tie branches in long
living chains, holding on TO each
',her's hands or tails. and swing
ng themselves pendulum wise
o and fro. They were