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did not know what to do ; it was time for the dinner to 

 be served, and she therefore, for the look's sake, thought 

 it best to send the soup in as it was, even if it were sent 

 out again immediately ; ' because, you know, ma'am,' 

 said she, 'that would prove you had ordered it. I 

 always thought the monkey would do the kitten a mis- 

 chief, he was so jealous of it, and hated it so because it 

 scratched him ; so he seized it when asleep.' 



A much better disposed monkey belonged to my 

 eldest daughter ; and we brought him to England from 

 the Gambia. He seemed to know that he could master 

 the child, and did not hesitate to bite and scratch her 

 whenever she pulled him a little harder than he thought 

 proper. I punished him for each offence, yet fed and 

 caressed him when good ; by which means I possessed 

 an entire ascendency over him. He was very wretched 

 in London lodgings, where I was obliged to fasten him 

 to the bars of a stove, and where he had no fresh air ; 

 and he was no sooner let loose than he tried to break 

 , everything within his reach ; so I persuaded his young 

 mistress to present him to the Jardin des Plantes. I 

 took him there ; and during my stay in that place paid 

 him daily visits. When these were discontinued, the 

 keeper told me he incessantly watched for my return ; 

 and it was long before he recovered his disappointment 

 and made friends with his companions in the same cage. 

 Two years after, I again went to see him ; and when I 

 stood before him and said, 'Mac, do you know me?' 

 he gave a scream of delight, put both his paws beyond 

 the bars, stretched them out to me, held his head down 

 to be caressed, uttering a low murmur, and giving 

 every sign of delighted recognition. 



The most melancholy of all monkeys is, apparently, 



