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inhabitants, in which they are also, even in their wild 
state, if not welcome, at least frequent visiters. The 
details furnished by the latter author are, however, too 
manifestly apocryphal to be received as authentic in 
the present state of science. It seems nevertheless 
certain that such is the respect in which they are held 
by the natives that, whatever ravages they may com- 
mit, the latter dare not venture to destroy them, and 
only endeavour to scare them away by their cries. 
Emboldened by this impunity the Monkeys come down 
from the woods in large herds, and take possession of 
the produce of the husbandman's toil with as little 
ceremony as though it had been collected for their use ; 
for, with a degree of taste which does them credit, 
they prefer the cultivated fruits of the orchard to the 
wild ones of their native forests. Figs, cocoa-nuts, 
apples, pears, and even cabbages and potatoes form 
their favourite spoil. The numbers in which they 
assemble render it impossible for the sufferer to drive 
them away without some more efficient means than he 
is willing to employ : he is consequently compelled to 
remain a quiet spectator of the devastation, and to 
submit without repining to his fate. 
These Monkeys appear to be peculiarly susceptible 
of change of climate. M. Thunberg's specimen died of 
cold even in the temperate latitude of the Cape ; and 
neither the Paris specimen nor our own long survived 
their arrival in Europe. 
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