he secular arm could bestow. But, as Gideon's amps discomfited the hosts of Midian, so the orch which the apostles lighted in the valley, exposed the weakness of the citadel on the mount, nd the fortress, from whence the gigantic demon Superstition, in the night of pagan darkness, ssued forth with a mace of iron to rule a vassal world, was destroyed, and its lofty towers razed to he ground. So shall it be with the strong hold of Hindooism-within her walls, Bigotry still forges her fetters, and Sensuality rivets them on her laves; but no sooner does the Gospel touch hem, than the hitherto passive victims burst their ponds asunder, as Samson broke the withs, when e arose to be avenged of his enemies. The pronise is still on record, " Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and he uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." CHAPTER X. "Where sacred Ganges pours along the plain, MONKEY AND PIG-ATTACK ON A DOG-ROB A BOY- SURROUNDED BY THEM ESCAPE WITH DIFFI- CULTY OFFERINGS TO THEM BANYAN TREES-BRAHMINY BULL. IN visiting many of the Hindoo temples, I have been disgusted with the worship paid to the sacred monkeys. I was about to enter the court of a large temple at Nuddea, when the officiating Brahmin said, No person must visit the court of Huniman with his shoes on. I reasoned with him, by means of a friend with me, who understood his language (Sanscrit) better than myself, and he became very abusive; but at length, after patiently bearing his attack with calmness and composure, we were permitted to enter with our shoes on, and were requested to make an offering to the monkeys, either of fruit or sweetmeats, plenty of which were for sale at the gates of the inclosure; but this we declined. The Ramayuna festival is celebrated with great pomp, when Huniman, the monkey son of the god Pavana, who presides over the winds, is personified by some stout fellow, equipped with a mask and tail like a monkey, who, attended by an army of similar masks and tails, attacks the castle of the giant Ravana, or Lanca, to deliver Seetu, a princess, who has been stolen away by the giant and his evil spirits, from her husband, Rama Chandra ; fruitless attempt having before been made by her husband and his brother, Luchmunu, to effect her rescue. Formerly, the youths who personified Rama Chandra, Luchmunu, and Seetu, were afterwards sacrificed to the parties they had represented; but this is not the case now. During the fruit season, I was very much annoyed with monkeys; a whole tribe of the large species, called ring-tailed, came in from the jungles every season, and devoured all the fruit they could get at. The agility they displayed was truly astonishing, their leaps being almost incredibly great. When erect, they measured as high as a common sized man: their tails being very long, assist them greatly in climbing and leaping. Behind my premises there was a long building, formerly used as a rope-walk, the flat roof of which was a great place of resort for them; there they would gambol and chatter, until any European approached the spot, when in a few moments they would be at the top of some almond trees in the neighbourhood; but if a native came quite close to them, they took no more notice of him than if he had been one of their own species. One of this sort of monkeys became quite familiar with the shopkeepers in Sulkea bazaar, and would help himself to rice, fruits, &c., in a liberal sort of way. I was much amused one day to hear a sweetmeat merchant expostulate with him after the following manner: "My brother, you know I am a poor man-do not take my meethies, (or sweetmeat balls,) take them from other shops :there is a rich man over the way-he has plenty of rupees-go to him. Nay, nay, brother, that is too bad!-(the monkey having just then crammed a great ball of sweetmeat into his jaws)-I cannot afford so much-indeed, my brother, I cannot :" and the poor shopkeeper, apparently very much against his inclination, used a bamboo to guard his property. This same monkey played me a trick soon after, that might have proved of serious consequence. I was riding through the bazaar on horseback, when the monkey caught hold of my horse's tail, and began to pull the beast, first to one side and then to the other. I had no whip to drive him off, and he was a long armed powerful creature, so that though the horse struck out at him, he maintained his hold without being kicked. In this way we proceeded some distance along the bazaar, the horse becoming more violent in his kicking, and the monkey more active in his pulling, until my syce, having procured a bamboo, assailed the enemy in the rear, when he took refuge on the roof of a banyan's shop. It was with difficulty I kept the saddle, the plunges of the horse were so great. I have seen these monkeys seize the tail of a Brahminy bull, who came near the trees in my compound, in like manner, and twisting it so as to give the animal excruciating pain, they have driven it out of the compound, at a full gallop, roaring and snorting all the way. My friend Mr. B., whose premises at Gusserah adjoined mine, had a very fine litter of pigs, confined in a sty raised upon posts, so as to be out of the reach of jackals, foxes, &c., but they were not out of the reach of these monkeys. One of them paid a visit. to the old sow and her little ones: such an uproar ensued, that we thought something uncommon had taken place, and so it was, for the monkey had seated himself astride the sow, and with one of her ears firmly grasped in each hand, was riding in fine style round the sty. The servants began to shout, and he made his retreat, but not without taking one of the young pigs with him. Holding it by the hind leg, he mounted one of the tallest cocoa-nut trees near, and then very deliberately |