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chores about the place and performed many 

 simple duties as well as the domestics did. 

 On one occasion he was induced to go on 

 board a steamer which lay in the harbor. The 

 purpose was to kidnap him and carry him to Eu- 

 rope. Either through fear, instinct, reason, or 

 some other cause, he jumped overboard and 

 swam ashore, although he was naturally afraid of 

 water. From that time on to the end of the 

 gentleman's residence there, he assured me that 

 whenever a steamer would make its appearance 

 in the harbor the ape would take flight to the 

 forest, where he would stay as long as the vessel 

 remained in sight. He would be seen from, time 

 to time, but could not be induced to return to the 

 house until the vessel had departed. 



A few years ago I saw, on board the United 

 States receiving ship Franklin, a bright little 

 monkey, which was kept chained in a temporary 

 workshop built on the gun-deck. Her chain 

 was just long enough to allow her to reach the 

 stove. The day was pleasant outside, but in the 

 shade a trifle chilly. The little monkey descended 

 from the sill on which she usually sat, and care- 

 fully felt the top of the stove with her hands. 

 Finding it slightly warm, although the fire had 



