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ON THE ANATOMY OF THE 



of this faculty, lest he should be compelled to la- 

 bour. 



" When first our animal came on board, (says 

 " Captain Payne,) it shook hands with some of the 

 " sailors, but refused its hand, with marks of anger, 

 " to others, without any apparent cause. It speedi- 

 " ly, however, became familiar with the crew, ex- 

 " cept one boy, to whom it never was reconciled. 

 " When the seamen's mess was brought on deck, 

 " it was a constant attendant ; would go round and 

 " embrace each person, while it uttered loud yells, 

 " and then seat itself among them, to share the re- 

 " past." When angry, it sometimes made a bark- 

 ing noise like a dog ; at other times it would cry 

 like a pettish child, and scratch itself with great 

 vehemence. It expressed satisfaction, especially on 

 receiving sweetmeats, " by a sound like kem, in a 

 " grave tone ;" but it seemed to have little variety 

 in its voice. In warm latitudes, it was active and 

 cheerful, but became languid as it receded from the 

 torrid zone ; and on approaching our shores, it shew- 

 ed a desire to have a warm covering, and would roll 

 itself carefully up in a blanket when it retired to 

 rest. It generally walked on all fours ; and Captain 

 Payne particularly remarked, that it never placed 

 the palm of the hands of its fore extremities to the 

 ground, but, closing its lists, rested on the knuckles ; 

 a circumstance also noticed by Tyson, which was con- 

 firmed to me by a young navy officer, who had been 

 for a considerable time employed in the rivers of 



