Show SACRED MONKEYS THEY ARE ane ONE UNE OF THE WORST PESTS OF INDIA vier abound la parts slid ml are to great Nulo ncr ante but titer mut not 1 be 1 tle uli cobra an englishman alto has lived many care in india tells agomo bulor about the sacred a e that anro I 1 a great nule nul anco sanco in komo parts of that country no ie is it ilo wod to ao molest thoin they lloy run about tho streets to thoy they please at tho the shops rob ind and gardona gardens and piny hakoo generally to thrash them ie Is regarded aa as it misdemeanor misi 1 I demeanor and to shoot shot a monkey might causo a second mutiny tho the gentleman hid a garden where grow grew dolic loto faults tho sacred konkos easily easil sealed tho walla malls and helped llo llod themselves they were not content with simply eating but amused themselves sol es with throwing half munch ed fruit at cadi each other to shoot choso po As was out of the and to hit thorn them with u ith stoned stones was impossible possible i ri as they easily casily dodged any bisallo that might bo thrown at them an idea struck tho the englishmen englishman ono one day and ho ito at oneo proceeded to ann cnn cam it into effect with groat great success iio ilo got a largo basket of tho the largest potatoes that were to bo lie found and had thet boiled when whon they were aez scalding aiding hot ho had basket and potatoes placed under ono of the trees tho ile monkey 8 w m atch ing these from tho the trees presently every monkey seized a hot potato and then follon followed cd tho moat most unearthly screeches and chattel chatta inge tings A monkey u III dovir let lot go any article of food that ho he gets hold of ov 0 en on if ho lie haa has to die and these monkeys s true to their nature would not drop tho the hot potatoes they held them in ono hand and then in tho the other and then they N would tako take a bito and scald their mouths anu ana roll in tho duet dust writhing in pain but never letting tho the potatoes out of their grasp I 1 they hey ato up tho potatoes and then disappeared ocr ON or tho walls and neter returned I 1 iho lie englishman once witnessed a pathetic as well as heroic scene in ono of tho city lu in which the sacred monkeys s acro u cro tho actors ho ile ew win a number of monkeys seated and standing in a largo circio circle and a female monkey hugging and walling over tho the d dead lad body of her baby that had just been killed by a cobras bito bite tho the other females were trying tr ing to consolo console her by caresses whilo while tho the in ies appeared to bo be in earnest consultation among themselves in tho the contro centro of tho the cire circle lowas was the large cobra that ii li iia A indicted inflicted tho the fatal bito bite colled coiled and with head erect tho the enemies by u horn lio lie was wag surrounded suddenly a 3 oung and athletic nth letle malo monkey spring into the arena ho ile carefully ched tho the cobra which prepared itself tc to strike tho the monkey ando abow a few amse und and the snake vas as about to art its head ho he sprang to ono side and then ocr 0 or tho the cobra cobra ahia was so often and with buch such astounding rapidly thit ali tt the tho coba became bewildered when m hen tho the monkey beizem the imako b the neck and iio ino lef ded to crush its head to a jolly b ba rubbing rubbin 0 it on tho gi aund with all its might no sn ike t iod to free ittoli by colling coiling around tho the moia moul c eya y 3 n nock op I 1 but in vain its struggles niggles st decimo becci me weak el er erand and weaker until life was extinct when tho the snakes head hod had been ro deuced to a shapeless mass tho the simian hero dropped the cobra and executed a series of hops and somersaults somer up to that moment theother the tho other mon kea kes s bad had maintained tho the moat anxious silence watching every mo movement cmunt of tho the combatants N with ith eager interest tho the snakes death however was tho the signal for tho the most joyous joa ous chatte rings and gambols they took hold of tho the I 1 conque or of tho the snake patted him on I 1 tho head scratched clied his back danced 1 round him and gave every manifestation of their great appreciation of hia his 1 valorous achec ement tho the poor mother carried about her dead b bo for two da das a longer |