Territorial Enquirer | 1881-09-03 | Page 1 | A Forest Scene beside the Amazon

I 1 A lorest forest scene desida the am azon on tha third evening attar altor our oar departure fro croci m Jl nota we on the binka banks of the ilia we Va tamayo a tributary of 0 the amazon in a grove of 0 or 01 monkey hg trees high over alir out h bends e ads we heard beard an grunting and chattering but buttru the eves evening iLg was too tut far adra need for or BB as to distinguish the tha little creatures that moved in tho the top lop branches of the tb 11 till 11 trope toe the tho he noise recommended bad and wo we saw that tho the gran granders granters were vena a sort of small mull raccoons and aadil the chatterers a troop of monos or capuchin monkeys after a coti with the In indians along we wa fastened faatea ed our oar monkey billy to Is a string and made him go up the tree its as highes high RS wo we could drive him without betraying our presence to his big relatives wo we hail had no I 1 traps raps lor for catching them but our plan was to lot them come near enough for ng as to shoot shoat one of 0 the mothers without hurting batting her babies billys rope as we hail expected got entangled before long and finding himself at the end of the tether he be begun began to squeal anti and his bin cries crieg soon BOOB attract ea the tha attention atlon tion of his bla friends it in the tree top toi wo we heard a rust rustling liag in ia the branches bra nohea and presently an aa ola ringtail made his bia appearance fina seeing a stranger his chattering at onoe once brought down a troop of companions compa niona mostly old mica malon though moth mother ir mon k with babies are very a she be and the thoai in thaldee tho breo top seemed tobaie to have oo meide that nil all was not right their husbands though came nearer and nearer and bad almost reached reach dil billys perch when all at once their leader blipped clipped behind the tha tree like a doil ging squirrel and tit the same moment wo we heard beard from above a flo florae roe long lomg drawn scream a harpy baglo wl was alt circling oling around tho the treetop tree top anscom and cora jag ing down dowa with a sudden sadden swoop to bo one oce mother monkey that bid bail not found bialo to reach a biasing place the poor thing held bold on to her branch with all her might knowing that tier her life and hot her babas were at stake but the he eagle caught her by tho the threat and his throttling clutch at bat lait made her ber relax ler her grip and with a biogio flop of his bis mighty aings the harpy raised himself some twenty feel beet mother baby and all then we vs witnessed a most moat curious instance ni tance of mut maternal ermai devotion and animal iusti not unless I 1 should call it presence aco of mind when branch after branch slipped from roia her ber grip and all bo hope q D e WM was over the mother with her own handa build a tore her buby baby from her ber neck and gong it down into the tree rather than share the fate she ahe knew to bo be in store for herself hera olf I 1 stood up und and fired both barrels of 01 va my gun after the aba robber bat efm the rascal already had had to a height of at least two tiro hundred feet and he hew flow off with his bin victim daD dangling gling from between hits bis clairo dr r F ii Cl Oj ivald waldin in st Nia nicholas bolas