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* he brought, a cup and a faucer, placed them on the table, put in 



* fugar, poured out the tea, and allowed it to cool before he drank 



* it. All thefe adlions he performed without any other infligation 



* than the figns or verbal orders of his matter, and often of his own 



* accord. He did no injury to any perfon : He even approached 

 ' company with circumfpedlion, and prefented himfelf as if he want- 



* ed to be carefled. He was very fond of dainties, which every 



* body gave him : And, as his breaft was difeafed, and he was af- 



* Aided with a teazing cough, this quantity of fweatmeats un- 



* doubledly contributed to fhorten his life. He lived one fummer 



* in Paris, and died in London the following winter. He eat almofl: 



* every thing j but preferred ripe and dried fruits to all other kinds 



* of food. He drank a little wine ; but fpontaneoufly left it for 

 *- milk, tea^ or other mild liquors *»' 



M. de la Brofle purchafed two orang-outangs from a Negro, whofe 

 age exceeded not twelve months. ' Thefe animals,' he remarks, 



* have the inftin£t of fitting at table like men. They eat every 

 *■ kind of food without diftindion. They ufe a knife, a fork, or a 



* fpoon, to cut or lay hold of what is put upon their plate. They 

 *- drink wine and other liquors. We carried them aboard. At table, 



* when they wanted any thing, they made themfelves be underftood 



* by the cabin-boy : And, when the boy refufed to give them what 



* they demanded, they fometimes became enraged, feized him by 

 ' the arm, bit, and threw him down. — ^The male was feized with. 



* ficknefs in the road. He made himfelf be attended as a human 

 ' being. He was even twice bled in the right arm: And, whenever 



* he found himfelf afterwards in the fame condition, he held out 



* his arm to be bled, as if he knew that he had formerly received 



* benefit from that operation.' 



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* BuffoDj vol. 8. page 86. tranf;- 



