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felves ^ but that only out of fullennefs or cunning, they think they will 

 Tiotjpeak^, for fear of being made Slaves. Philofiratus (y) tells us,That 

 the Indians make ufe of the Apes in gathering the Pepper ; and for this 

 Reafon they do defend and preferve them from the Lions , who are ve- 

 ry greedy of preying upon them: And altho' he calls them Apes^ yet 

 Tie ipeaks of them as Me», and as if they were the Husbandmen of the 

 Pepper Trees, -Z; m §iv^^ <3U rmrm^ht;^ Sivyi'jofi'ycil itAwmh. And he calls 

 them the People of Apes ; « Aiytloj -jnOwt-av ok&v ^.ju^ aJc pt^^^yTi tS 0/.8?. 

 Dapper (z, J tells us. That the Indians take the Baris when young, and 

 make themfo tame, that they veill do almoU the work, of a Slave ; for they 

 commonly go ere^ as Men do. They will beat Rice in a Mortar , carry 

 Water in a Pitcher, 8cc. And Gajjendus (a) in the Life of Pieresky , 

 tells us, That they wiU play. upon a Pipe or Cittern, or the like Mnjick, , they 

 ivill fipeep the Houfe, turn the Spit, beat in a Mortar , and do other Offices 

 in a Family, And Acofla, as I find him quoted by GarcilaJJb de la Fega 

 (h) tells us of a Monkey he faw at the Governour's Houfe at Cartagena, 

 ' whom they fent often to the Tavern for Wine, with Money in one 

 ' hand, and a Bottle in the other 5 and that when he came to the Ta- 

 * vern, he would not deliver his Money, until he had received his 

 ' Wine. If the Boys met with him by the way, or made a houting 

 ' or noife after him, he would fet down his Bottle, and throw Stones 

 ' at them 5 and having cleared the way , he would take up his Bottle, 

 'and haften home. And tho'he loved Wine exceffively, yet he would 

 ' not dare to touch it, unlefs his Mafter gave him Licenfe. A great ma- 

 ny Inftances of this Nature might be given that are very furprifing. And 

 in another place tells us, That the Natives think that they can fpeak, 

 but will not, for fear of being made to work. And Bontius (c) men- 

 tions that the Javans had the fame Opinion concerning the Orang- 

 Outang, Loqui vera eosy eafqtte Javani aiunt, fed tion velle^ ne ad labores 

 cogerentur. 



(y) Philoflratuf in vita ApoUoni'] T)ian<zi, lib. 3. cap. r. p.m. no, &111, (z) Dapper Defcription 



de FAfrique, p. m. 249. (a) Gaffendm in vita Pierskj'], lib.5. p. m. 169. (b; Garcilaffo de la VC' 



go. Royal Cmmentaries oi Peru, lib. 8. cap. 18. p. 1333. CcJ Jac, Bontij Hift. Nat. ^ Med, lib. 5, 

 op. 32. f. m.^s. 



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