THE BARBARY APE. 



natives in fuch veneration, that they offered 700,000 ducats to redeem it ; 

 but in vain, for it was burned by the viceroy, to flop the progrefs of idolatry. 



This fpecies is very diffufe ; it is found in moft parts of India, and in all 

 parts of Africa, except Egypt, where it is never found (d). A few breed on 

 the hill of Gibraltar, which are probably defcended from a pair efcaped from 

 confinement, as none are to be found in any other part of Spain. They are 

 fo common in Barbary, that the trees are fometimes covered with them: 

 they live on fruits. Their flefh is eaten by the wild Arabs, 



(d) £ennapt, 



