FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA. 



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combination of most amusing earnestness with boundless frivolity, 

 which accompanies the beginning and end of all their pursuits. 



No tree crest is too high, no treasure too safely hidden, no 

 property too respected, for their attacks. It is therefore not aston- 

 ishing that the natives of East Soudan only speak of them ^^■ith 

 unutterable contempt and anger. '"Only think, sir, the clearest 



CHIMPANZEES IN THEIR NATIVE HAUNTS. 



proof of the godless nature of monkeys may be seen in their never 

 bowing before the word of God's ambassadors : all other creatures 

 honor and revere the prophet; Allah's peace be upon him! The 

 monkeys despise him. The man who writes an amulet, and hangs 

 it up in his field to keep off the hippopotamus, the elephant, and the 

 monkeys from devouring his fruit and injuring his property, always 

 finds that the elephant alone pays any heed to the warning signal; 



