Of LA PEROUSE. 40$ 



to go and feck, at more than a hundred myriaf 

 meters, in the interior of Africa, fome fpots of 

 land lit for cultivation, which are flrewn like fo 

 many iflots in the midft of a fea of fand, wherp 

 every one has adopted the kind of culture which 

 appears to him beft adapted to the corner of 

 land he has fixed upon to clear. Negro flaves, 

 although employed in the hardeft labours, are 

 here generally treated with kinduefs. It is re- 

 markable that, very different from the Spaniards, 

 who always endeavour to make profelytes, the 

 Dutch leave their Haves ill the moft perfect ig- 

 norance of their religion. 



We faw feveral times, upon the trees, makes, 

 which the people of the country dread exceed- 

 ingly; they were watching the birds, which often 

 become their prey. 



The zebra is very common in thefe heights ; 

 it lets off with prodigious rapidity at the fight of 

 a man. 



The monkey called magot by BufFon (fimia 

 inuus, Linn.) fometimes approached the ha- 

 bitation where we were fraying. I was witnefs 

 to a very lingular fact, which gave me a proof 

 of the authority of thefe animals over their 

 young. A large monkey followed by a very 

 young one, thinking himfelf perfectly unfeen, 

 took hold of the little one with one of his fore- 

 paws, and holding it up from the ground., itruck 

 h 4 it 



