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A NEW HISTORY OF 



the torrid zone; where, as I have already remarked, 

 in its lower regions, cold is utterly unknown, 

 except in sickness ; where fruit is ever ripening ; 

 and where man, with all his deadly weapons, is 

 but a transient visitor in the wilds ; and when he 

 does make his appearance there, can easily be 

 avoided by the brute creation, which invariably 

 retires on his approach. 



" And every beast, before him ran, 

 To shun the hateful sight of man." 



These magnificent, and nearly impenetrable 

 forests then, flourishing in the torrid zone, seem 

 to invite the entire monkey family, to come and 

 be happy in them. They say to these amusing 

 animals as it were, "ours is really the only place on 

 earth to suit you. Our noble trees will eternally 

 supply you with food, so that, you will never find 

 yourselves under the necessity of going in search 

 of it, apart from these joyous abodes/' 



In examining the four limbs of a monkey, every- 

 body must see at once, that they have not been 

 formed by nature to do much work upon the 

 ground. I don't venture to say, that monkeys 

 never come upon the ground. Occasionally, they 

 may leave their usual haunts for a short time ; just 

 as we ourselves exchange land for water, when 

 we wish to have a dip in the ocean. So may a 



