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ferocity but also of the instinctive penetration of the ani- 

 mal. He had never been struck; a stranger to chastise- 

 ment of every kind, the tone of menace, or the lifted cane 

 could awake in his remembrance neither pain nor punish- 

 ment. This action of his was the result of no idea acquired 

 by experience, — it was the consequence of an immediate, 

 simple, isolated act of the mind, of an untaught, natural 

 judgment. 



As these animals are susceptible of an education arising 

 out of the circumstances which surround them, so are they 

 likewise in some measure capable of receiving an artificial 

 one from the hands of man. 



In fact, they are sometimes to be seen in public places, 

 amusing the people by such exercises as are performed at 

 the command of their masters. But they submit to this 

 kind of slavery only during the period of their youth. In 

 maturity they not only refuse all true obedience, but most 

 frequently lose all the docility they had acquired, and 

 resume their natural ferocity. 



The Cynocephala, possessing all the material points in 

 the organization of the quadrumana in general, have been 

 evidently designed to live in the forests, and make the trees 

 their habitation. It must be observed, however, that with 

 them this destination is much less absolute, than with the 

 other monkeys of the ancient continent. Not having the 

 hinder parts so elevated, they walk with more facility, 

 though they are very far from equalling the true quadrupeds 

 in this particular. Their motions on the earth are always 

 constrained. Their progress is slow, and their gait a sort 

 of trot, or small gallop. They very seldom attempt to stand 

 erect. To do so they must have occasion to reach some- 

 thing, and even then, they rarely advance beyond a few 

 paces. But on the other hand, and especially in youth, they 

 show the most wonderful agility in climbing, and make 

 prodigious leaps. In a moment they will traverse the 



