IS THE MONKEY. 



resided several years, and afterwards (and till her death) in 

 the family of Mr. Pullyn, of Beccles, Suffolk, where she lived 

 twenty-two years - t her sagacity and engaging manners attract- 

 ing the notice of every one. In 1814 she removed with them 

 to Yarmouth, and then appeared first to suffer from change 

 of climate ; and, indeed, it will hardly be credited the extreme 

 heat she could endure, and, apparently, enjoy ; for the last 

 seven or eight years of her life, sitting or lying almost con- 

 stantly at the back of the kitchen-range, where it is probable 

 a small saucepan would have boiled -, she was often observed 

 to lie on the top of the fire itself when fresh coals had been 

 put on, and to warm her hands and arms by clasping them 

 round a kettle of boiling water. Her hair, which in her youth 

 was very beautiful, and had a fine musky perfume, was entirely 

 destroyed, and her skin so much scorched and hardened by 

 the excessive heat, that in cold weather she would frequently 

 lay hot cinders, which she took from the fire, on her head, and 

 suffer them to roll slowly dow r n her back. She was particularly 

 fond of eggs, and would, if they were left on the fire, take them 

 out of the water when boiling, and eat them very quickly, from 

 a dread of being caught in the theft. A remarkable instance 

 occurred, from which it would appear that she must have 

 sensibly felt, and also remembered a chiding, for no harsher 

 means were ever used to correct her. She was one day very 

 troublesome, and inclined to purloin some eggs boiling on the 

 fire, when she was threatened by the servant, with having 

 her hands scalded if ever she committed the fault again ; and 

 she never afterwards attempted to touch one, though frequently 

 left near her, nor was she ever known to beg for them in her 

 customary way of clapping her hands, though she gladly received 

 them when offered. In short, it is impossible to give an accu- 

 rate description of the apparent knowledge she possessed, with- 

 out seeming to exaggerate. She endured great suffering for a 

 week previous to her death, and her illness was as remarkable 

 as her habits when in health. She was first attacked with a 

 restless motion as if catching flies, and holding them very 



