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a very alarming account of the attitude of 

 the monkeys when they left the place. I 

 now stopped to examine the bites I had 

 received; I was covered with blood, which 

 was still flowing from many of my wounds ; 

 there was hardly a bit of my body that 

 did not contain a bite the depth and 

 length depending upon the size and 

 strength of the jaws of the animal who 

 had inflicted it, as they were all equally 

 anxious to punish me to the very fullest 

 extent of their power ; and, if it had not 

 been for the accidental discharge of my 

 gun, I should not now be alive to relate 

 the adventure. 



I was thankful for my escape, but 

 deeply regretted that I had been unable 

 to find any traces of the unfortunate child, 

 whose loss had been the cause of our 

 entering the haunts of these dangerous 



