AN ARMY OF MONKEYS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6495, 21 December 1881, Page 3

AN ARMY OF MONKEYS.

Some tailors belonging to a vessel anchored near Colombo, while whore, tried to capture a monkey, As soon as they put band* oa him he gave a series of jells, when as by magic, every tree swarmed with indignant monkey*, An order so make for the boot was promptly obeyed. When the monkeys taw their enemy on a fall retreat they formed in a solid body and followed hurriedly in their wake. Sticks, stones, and every available missile were hurled furiously at the beads of the dying tailors. In Tain did they drop their pride, hoping that it might parity their enraged pursuers. It was not so t only one dropped oat of the ranks to gather in its hairy embrace the unoffending object of the fray, white the others rushed on man f mntkaiiy than ever. Beaching the boat they had no time to jump in, but shored her of from the shore, clinging to the gnawholee and crawling in only when some distance had been placed between the implacable foe. When they had arrived at a safe distance to lie to, they rested on their oars and curiously scanned the infuriated army on the beach. There appeared to be thousands of them running up and down in wild confusion, and hurling stone* far out into the water in the direction of th« boat.