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conceivable weapon, and some few old 

 guns were carried among the party; the 

 guns I thought would prove much more 

 formidable to us than to the monkeys. 



After a brief parley, and after I had given 

 instructions to the Bengalee to follow with 

 my gun, and to bring plenty of powder and 

 shot, off we started, heading in the direc- 

 tion of the jungle. We went very slowly 

 as several old people accompanied our 

 party, and I observed my fat friend of the 

 morning did not get on so fast without his 

 half-starved pony. After a time we began 

 to see monkeys ahead, scuttling off before 

 us ; they were few in number, but I noticed 

 they were large and fierce looking. As 

 we proceeded slowly the numbers increased, 

 and soon they seemed to be pouring in 

 from all directions ; they ascended all the 

 trees in our route, and the chattering and 



