ihem beffire the Captftin China, who sayi, 1^ UK -jf ^ 



to teach your youQ{^ peopte, you caa do that at home ; but 

 this ie the office of the national tribute^ how can you think 

 of talkiag at modom, and mideadiiag people ; thui perverljag 

 tuen'i miode, and cauf ing thfl NatioDftl Tribute to sufTer ; 

 flUch conduct is uot to be forgi\ren." UpoQ this the ]>ariies 

 Bte immediately thrown into prison* In a dbtant colony 

 like this, there are many 8 neb inslGncei of perversion and 

 error, which cannot be particularly apecified. This ifl record- 

 ed, just to ezpoae the matter to deserved reproach. 



^ THE MONKBV BBZOAR. 



Monkeys, wheti wounded by the ewordorgun of the hunts- 

 maB} but not mortally, know of themselm how to employ 

 ?egetabie medicines^ which they pluck and apply to the sore 

 place, when it heals and forms !i cicairb:. Should they af- 

 terwards be caught J you may cut out of Che cicatrix eome- 

 thiiig like a stone, round, clear, transparent, and smootli, 

 which la called monkey hezoar," This ia used as medi- 

 cine ; its nature ie cooHiif;, and it Ji oa antidote agaiast poi. 

 snQ. For ^ §f monkeys have these calculi )5p ^ 

 ^ W ® ^' ^^^^ ^^^^^ bezmr. 



^£UE PAnASlTE, ^ ^ OBL CANCER BEHHHAHDUa, 



On tlie eea shore, amoogst ibe sand and gravel, there ate 

 many old shells^ of the diilerent Bpecies of cockles, whicli the 

 liule crabs on perceiviag get into, in order to hide them- 

 selvet J after a time tbetr t&ila are produced and conformed 

 to the murex-Bheli, when they run about with the sliell at- 

 tached to them, just like a living murex animal ; if you lake 

 it up and examine it, you will fmd, however, that though the 

 fihelt is a nnurex, the flesh is like that of a tmall crab. This 

 kind ii good lo look at as a cunosUy, but not to eal. The 

 common name of it is a ^ ^ parasite. 



