Show I 1 companion ir must bavel been a sight a coin pany of men chased by a pack of monkeys but is the story as told by captain lawson in his vanderia in new guinea according to h account the mon keys were the aggressors but one would like to hear their side of the question before passing judgment marching under colue trees V a were maliciously attacked y a large troop keys who pecked us bilth tile wal lah nuts and uttered wild screams of they yeo that their sudden ambault had been site ceis fut A re gult ir aley bif the hard missiles fell about our heads and shoulders with euch force that being we were ton with diamay and ve rambled out of the W T in A varl mau nee upon rc I 1 laughed heartily at the ridiculous figure w a W cut on chic h one ald fellow who to be t he leader of tile troop ran out on a branch that bunk over my head at me with all the gravity of a human being a trick that I 1 bad never knew a monkey to prefab back A few to get a better ahu at him faces ra ased my rifle and fired he appeared to b a killed but eat im movable for several before bis body lost its balance and fell the that then set in amongst his companion fearful they howled at the top of their voices and seemed to become half mad with rage they be san again to pelt us with the nuts and we shot several of their cum er they to followed us on our march leaping from tie i to tree with great agilio at last we were glad to b reak ian to a rui in or der to escape their persecution but this move was successful for the monkeys were quite as nimble as we were ad we were compelled to submit to the at Il sauce fur ally tareo hours d ur ili ha ume f received 65 miny blows 1 pout h ead backs and 1 hould erg tb quite ind my light half acl was battered into it dire at leneth much to our grat ia atton our foes tired themselves out and gave up th pursuit while we wy to obade their fists with m y in grimaces mob t r I 1 V of d and des a i |