The Forrest City times., 1891-01-30

NE great animal dealer at Hamburg. The craft and crew were under the charter for four months. The captain was a Singapore half breed, and his three sailors and q cook were Borneo born. l had my man Thomas with me, and the only cargo NO carried consisted of cages and articles for traffic.
 We had been knocked about for several weeks, landing on various isl snds in the Borneo Sea 10 make captives. nnd were at anchor besides small island called kui. when q trader from the Mindanao Peninsula came along and gave us some inter esting news. His craft carried only three men. but had run short o water and been obliged to put in at an island thirty miles to the east for water. The island was about three miles square and thickly wooded, and entirely without settlement. When at anchor in u sheltered bay. and just as they had hoisted in their cask Of water. they were set upon by several hundred apes of large size and terribly frightened. The craft was only twice her length from shore and the apes bombarded her with clubs and stones. X score of these animals had been preserved as proofs. The trader gave Us warning to look out for ourselves I've went that way, and we made him present of to- bacco and at once set sail The apes he described were just the species l was locking for, being what Is called in the east ''gorillas' children They are found only in Sumatra and Borneo and on few ot the islands in the Borneo Sea. Itis an establish . ed fact that every seven years these apes are subject to an epidemic which sweeps then of in large num- bass, and for thn reason they have been scarce for many years past. In the year 1864 a trader who landed on the island ot kriem. about 200 miles from Manilla. discovered over GOO dead Ap.s along the beach.
 We reached the bay the trader had told us of about nine o'clock next morning. The shore pitched of into deep water, md We anchored with just room enough for her to swing to the tides. This brought the stem of the craft within forty feet oi the trees when the tide came in, but ofcourse we had to use the yawl to go ashore. We neither saw nor heard anything except the gaudycol- ors.d parrots flying about, and after we had been at anchor about an hour l took my man and went ashore. The island was . perfect tangle. The trees grew almost as thick as they co0ld stand, and the ground was covered with crsepers and rank veg tation. We were n quarter of n mile from the beech before the ground cleared, and then we failed to get sight of an ape. As it was very hot afternoon the chances were that they were asleep in the thick ot the forest. We had brought along with us soue pieces Of cloth of various col. ors and these we now hung on limbs and bushes and scattered along on the ground to .'bait" the apes to the lunding.
 WnthoI u,oAo <~ur xrnv ,,,,atixy T, a possible. as fully believed in what the trader had teld me. When we reached the landing got my monk ey traps from the schooner. These arc steel traps with padded jaws We set six of chem opposite the craft, and tho only bait We used was red rag tied to ths catch. Going on board we had dinner, and then | brought out n heavy rifle and fired three shots into the woods. That was to wake ap the apes. and 1t wasn't ten minutes be'ors We heard from them. Shrieks and cries and calls resouuded through the forest and then the apes fairly swarmed down to the shore. The colored clothes angered and excited them to the highest pitch, and their coming was like that ot an enraged mob ot human beings. The advance guard had scarely appeared before they rushed upon the traps in great fury. and to their own great sorrow. Ev- cry trap received a victim, and every victim screamed and shrieked and jumped about in the most exciting manner.
 The number Of apes dumbfounded me. honestly believe there were 5000 of theA. great and small. and the noise they made was deafenin@ Their first move was to help their victims in the traps. They attempt cd to pull them out by main force, md when this failed they got stones and clubs and tried to break the traps. They had neither the strength nor ingenuity to secure revenge un us. We had been expecting the move and were ready for it, or thought we were We had four guns on the rail. had covered the cabin daylight with boards and the decks were clear tor action. The tide was yet running in. and although We could almost icok into the flashing