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unmonkey-like conduct, should be for the future 

 avoided and treated with contempt ; and should 

 he again think proper to assault any of the body, 

 they should all unite, and punish him for his 

 violentconduct. Ungka, when again he made any 

 attempt to renew his amusement of pulling tails, 

 met with such a warm reception from all the little 

 creatures assembled, that he found it necessary 

 to give up tale hearing, and devote himself to 

 other pursuits. He had, however, such an in- 

 clination to draw out tales, that being obliged 

 from "peculiar circumstances" to relinquish 

 those of the monkeys, he cultivated the friendship 

 of a little clean pig that ran about the deck, and, 

 taking his tail in hand, endeavoured, by fre- 

 quent pulling, to reduce it from a curled to 

 a straight form ; but all his efforts were in vain, 

 although piggy did not express any ill-feeling at 

 his kind endeavours. 



When dinner was announced by the steward, 

 and the captain and officers assembled in the 

 cuddy, then Ungka, considering himself as also 

 one of the mess, would be seen bending his 

 steps towards the cudd}?^, and entering took his 

 station, on a corner of the table, between the 

 captain and myself ; there he remained waiting 

 for his share of the food, considering that we 

 were all in duty and humanity bound to supply 



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