390 USEFUL AS SERVANTS. 



additional evidence of the entirely ridiculous cha- 

 racter of the information that has excited lately 

 some little interest and attention among ethno- 

 logists in Europe, as to the probable existence of a 

 new variety of the human species in intertropical 

 Africa. 



That the Doko may be monkeys admitting of 

 considerable domestication I am the more inclined 

 to believe, from the fact that the ancient Egyptians 

 did call to their aid such a species of animal 

 servants; and in many of the representations of 

 the habits and arts of that interesting people will 

 be found instances where monkeys are employed 

 upon the duty they are so well adapted for — that 

 of collecting fruits for their masters. At the present 

 day we have no practice similar to this in the 

 customs of any known people ; but among other 

 novelties to reward future enterprise, will be 

 probably the identification of the Doko of Kuffah 

 with the house-monkey of ancient Egypt, and their 

 docility and usefulness, in that case, may then 

 lead to their being introduced into other countries 

 adapted to their constitutions, and where their 

 services may be required. Such an animal, among 

 a people subsisting upon fruits and vegetables, 

 would be as valuable as the sheep-dog to a herdsman, 

 or as the domesticated cormorant to the fish-eating 

 inhabitants on some of the canals in China. 



