THE MONKEY FAMILY. 



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is always a charming show of monkeys; and I will 

 stake my ears, that you never see one of them 

 do that, which we commonly call the act of throw 

 ing a stone at any intervening object. 



I will now cross the channel, and peep into the 

 books of foreign naturalists who have written 

 on monkeys. 



I find in one of these authors, that, " in relative 

 qualities therefore, the ape is farther removed from 

 the human race, than most other animals." 

 Granted. He then continues, that "his tempera- 

 ment is also very different. Man can inhabit every 

 climate. He lives and multiplies in the Northern, 

 as well as in the Southern regions of the earth. 

 But, the ape exists with difficulty in temperate 

 countries, and can multiply only in those that are 

 warm." 



I must make an observation or two, upon this 

 last quotation in which our great continental 

 naturalist does not appear to have paid sufficient 

 attention to his subject. 



Methinks he ought to have reflected, that man 

 and monkey are both made of flesh and blood; but, 

 that man has been endowed with reason by his 

 Maker, whilst ,the monkey has not been so fortu- 

 nate. This makes all the difference with regard to 

 " temperament." Eeason teaches man to protect 



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