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adopted to subdue the ferocity of other 
beasts, have succeeded with this; and so 
superior In its strength to that of man, that 
the keepers of wild beasts uniformly hold it 
in dread. This, like all the other species of 
Monkey, lives, in a state of nature, entirely 
upon vegetable food. Under the name of 
Satyr, one of these very odious animals is at 
present exhibiting at Charing Cross; and 
after visiting these Gardens, you certainly, 
my dear Jane, would be interested there in 
observing this very sagacious animal sit on 
a chair, smoke a pipe, drink spirits and water, 
and appear fully to understand every look, 
word, and action of his keeper; indeed, so 
thoroughly contented is the creature, that he 
has obtained the name of ‘* Happy Jerry.” 
The Mandril, or Great Baboon, and the 
Mottled, or Common Baboon, are always ir- 
reclaimable wild beasts; but the Dog-faced 
species, is of a more tractable disposition. 
Of the Ape, the two largest and most in- 
teresting species or varieties, are the Chim- 
panzee and the Oran-Otang, the first of which 
is found in Africa, and the second in India 
beyond the Ganges, and in the Eastern 
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