j)rclieiisile jiower ui' his toot. It wus the >nost 

 grotesque se©ae imaginable, and will long remain 

 m the reiBJftmb*aiai5Je 9f tJtOSO Wlio w5tn«ftsetl it, 



aad was performed by tJngka witlj the ninst i)er- 

 ff'ct gravity of countenance, whilrit the poor suf- 

 fering m on key grinned, cliattered, t\\ istt'd abouf, 

 making tlie most strenuous endeavours to escape 

 hmm hh opponent's grasp. Bta ©oimtenantse, 

 at all ^ms$$t.ig^i^ 0i iims mm hd totov 4^ded 



to it, increasing the delineation oF beauty ; and 

 when the poor beast had been dragged some dis- 

 tance up the rigging, Ungka, tired of his labour, 

 i!i«Juldliiddenly let go his hicMoR thifc 4ail, wkm it 

 woul^ r&qmi^ mB[k& ^dll ^tt die: part of the ilaon- 

 key to seize a rope, to prevent his receiving a 

 compound fracture hy a ra|)id descent on deck. 

 Ungka, having himself no caudal extremity, 



well th«t ke mi& p^rfsetily fee Irom any 

 r^^iliatioit cm Iji^ pah ^Im i^ponaita?. 



As this mo^f^ of ^ruatrnfint was far from 



!>eing either amusing or instrnctive to the 

 monkeys, they assembled together in an ex'e- 

 tdfsmsH^ whj&T^ it was determined, that in 

 future the " big black ^tranfear,'* i«fho did not 



ac0Ordl with them in iu"oportiOl|% m€ wio 



demeaned himself by walking erect, wearing no 

 tail, and was in several otlxer respects guilty of 



