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my hands to end his torment, I fwung him round, and 

 hit his head againft the fide of the canoe ; but the poor 

 creature flill continued ahve, and looking at me in the 

 moft affecting manner that can be conceived, I knew no 

 other means to end this murder, than to hold him under 

 water till he was drowned, while my heart felt fick on 

 his account : for his dying little eyes ftill continued to 

 follow me with feeming reproach, till their light gra- 

 dually forfook them, and the wretched animal expired. 

 I felt fo much on this occafion, that I could neither tafte 

 of him nor his companion, when they were dreffed, 

 though I faw that they afforded to fome others a deli- 

 cious repaft. 



. That monkies, efpeciaily when young, are no bad food, 

 may eafdy be accounted for, fince they feed on nothing 

 but fruits, nvits, eggs, young birds, &c. ; and indeed, 

 in my opinion, all young quadrupeds are eatable : but 

 when one compares thofe which are killed in the woods 

 to thofe filthy and difgufting creatures that difgrace 

 the ftreets, no wonder that they fhould difguft the leail 

 delicate ftomach. As for the wild ones, I have eaten them 

 boiled, roafled, and ftewed, and found their flefli white, 

 juicy, and good : the only thing that difgufted me was, 

 their little hands and their heads, which when dreffed, 

 being deprived of the fkin, appeared like the hands and 

 the fkuU of a young infant. I have already obferved 

 that there are in Guiana many different fpecies, from the 



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