New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-09

| full of rice They spend half an hour sho"!hs
their teeth TO one another before enre1;,ncs
baskets and sometimes they advance solc'''',,
retire all fearing To come TO close quarters ~
! length the females. which are boider 'n"ll Wv
males particularly those having Hou.e o"c, rgI
proach the baskets and when aDouI 10 s'io' 1s
forward their heads TO cat Immediately l"c ,dirt
Of the other side of the wood advance 10 pIcNcnnu
them and TO bite them. Those OF inc o,Ici 80 s",.
! ADVANCE then and both the one and the otn'r
hecouinr furious take the sticks when thcN ma
near the baskets. upon which a meI'e ool i o
eues The weakest being compelled 10 give way
;,Sdro,r into thc vood some with broken heads,
others MANNED in some member. while tho'c WHO
remain masters of the field eat Their MI OF Try.
| II is true however. that when thcy oeIin 10 w
rcplcte they allow some of the females oil the OPP
position 70 come TO eat with them
That last trait must certainly he regarded as
rejecting credit upon the monkeys. In foot
NOT. Mr. Pail refers TO a similar smian battle
which was witnessed in Bengal in 1884. This
seems 70 show that Taverner not romancing.
The story which follows told 10 Tavcrnier
nv one of his native servants. who had begged
leave of absence 10 go on n certain pilgrimage
This man said that the number of pilgrims on
this occasion had been large, and that IN the
course Of the journey they came to stream whlch
had been so swollen by recent rains that it coula
not he forded that day. q" 1t is not necessary.
proceeds our author. that those who travel IN
India should provide themselves with food before
| hand-especially is this The case with ldolaicTs
who do not eat anything which has he'd lle-n"-
| cause even in the smallest villages they always
find in abundance rice, flour, butter, milk beans
end other vegetables, sugar and other swcelmea'S,
dry and LIQUID This multitude of people. who
had no food with them, were much astonshci
on arrival at the bank of this river 10 see 1t so
high and swollen, and at not being able 10 cross
in order to 90 10 the village, which was on the
other side where they intended 70 make their
halt They had nothing 10 give their children I"
eat and nothing to be heard save lamcn'a-
tons among the crowd. In this extremity Inc
chief of their priests sat down in the middle or
them and causing himself 10 he covered with
large sheet. began 10 call those who wished for
food 10 approach him. lIc asked each what ne
wanted whether rice or -four and for how many
persons. and with large ladc which hc held. MT
inq the corner Of the sheet, he gave 10 all what
ever they he'd asked for 81 that This large num-
her OF people Of 1000 souls satisfied.
Tavcrnicr adds i not only my servant who
related this history but having subsequently made
many journeys TO Burhaupur, where | was known
TO the nrncipal persons OF the town, ! made in
ouirv of many who had been on this pilgrimaec.
and all have sworn 10 me by their Ram Kan
that il was true. which | nevertheless could not
believe" Mr.. Ball comments on The legend thus:
" II is perhaps not much 10 say that with natives
Of India tie more 'prma facic ircr"dihilitr there
is in q story Ike this the more likely IS il 10
obtain crcdcncc from them. lis resemblance -
n certain Christian miracle is remarkable. ""
may remark in our turn that the Buddhist legends
abound in stories Of The same character, and ON
brace manY almost identical. Tavcmicr. how
ever had no Oriental credulity in his composition.
and the MULTIPLICATION of testimony did not
modify his sccpticism.
In the course Of his travels lie spent some time
at Goa which hc first saw in IFS primo and
afterward in its decline, when the Dutch ha!
driven the Portuguese from most II their Eastern
possessions had secured the monopoly Of trade.
and had thus diverted The commerce which viviicd
it from Goa. In visiting that headquarters Of
birotry he was obliged TO leave his Bible behind
! him. having been warned that 20 carry that
Inhibited book with him would subject him To
/ the wrath Of the Inquisiton. In fact. the Grand
/ InQuisitor OF Goa Immediately questioned him on
! this point and he was glad that he he'd taken
| the advice offered him. He WIS. however. in
| perled through unwittincly helping country
man of his own who, after losing heavily at Tue
! gaming table, had in a passion spoke disparagln@N
| Of a certain holy picture which hung or the wall
! The Inquistion had promptly been informed Of
| this sacrccions act and the offender had been in
! contincntly capped into prison with prospect OF
figuring presently i'm an "autoda-fr.' Tavcuuicr.
no. knowing the facts. helped this poor fellow.
/ and was badly frightened when lie realized what
lie had donc-as he well might be since The
Inquisition tried and punished in secret. and once
within its walls victim cut Oh from all
communication with his friends and the world.
/ The traveller too, being Protestant. was in
| cvitably suspect in advance lie had. how
ever no real trouble here, and il was not until
he got among the Dutch that his Affections began.
! The account he gives of Tie Dutch factories at
Batavia ard elsewhere mpcaches all the officials
from the Governor 10 the Fiscal. including all
the ship captains in the company's employ. Of
defrauding their employers; who their part
| invited and almost ncccssitatcd this fraud 10y
! paving their servants nicCardly a scale
that their wages would not suffice to maintain
them.
The Dutch and English on the coast OF India
were at this time struggling for supremacy, and
the former were the most successful, both in
commerce and warfare. AZ GambroOn lavcrnicr
was asked by the English agent TO take packet
Of letters 20 the president Of one Of the English
factories. This packet crafily puroined by
certain Dutch officers, and blank papers SUB
stitutcd for the letters. Tavernicr suffered much
embarrassment from this theft, and was furious
against the perpci rators but got no satisfaction
Another time the Dutch Governor Of Batavia
PLAY ed him a second scurVy trick IdNcrnIcr
had. as customary. bought up number Of
claims upon the Company in Holland from servants
Of the corporation who not going home.
The Governor made him surrender these so-cacd
"rekcnnes" to the amount Of Il 800 guildcrs
assuring him that on his arrival in Holland he
would find order for the payment of the claims
awaiting him. No such order was sent: tho
Company refused payment, and, after several
years of litigation, he forced to compromise
on 5000 francs Naturally, these experiences
made him very bitter against the Dutch, and
subsequently he wrote book exposing their
conduct in the East Indies.
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