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feen; and I v/ifhed much to haVe it in nif 
poffelTiori to add to my colledion; but It was 
fo dear to its miftrefs^ that I durfl: not venture 
to afk it of her. Every time ihe came fo viiit 
ane, file brought it along with her ; and, before 
fhe entered my tent, fhe tied it to one of the 
flakes, that it might play with Kees. I was 
always fond of treating it with feme dainty ; 
but fcarcely would my back be turned, when 
Kees, ftronger and more mifchievous, would 
open its mouth by force, and take from its 
pouches what I had given it. Its miftrefs, 
highly delighted Vv^ith this trick, would laugh 
moft immoderately. She would then run to 
her favourite, load him with careffes, as if to 
confole him, and requeft me to make him 
amends by fome other prefent ; while Kees, 
afraid of being forced to refiore what he had 
robbed, would fave himfelf by flight. 
The attachment which this woman had to 
her monkey was a real pafTion. Eler whole 
happinefs fcemed to be centred in it. A hun- 
dred times, while we were talking together, 
would fhe interrupt the converfation to kifs it ^ 
and yet when fhe faw me about to depart, to 
my great furprife^ fhe fnatched it up fuddenly,^ 
