INTRODUCTION. xxxi 
fenjoyed this pleafure. I had never before 
laughed fo heartily, and have never thought 
of them fmce v^ithout the fame convulfive 
merriment, Thofe who have feen at a fair, 
apes perform their exercife under the whip 
of a £how-man, joftle one another by con- 
trary motions, w^heel to the right when they 
fliould turn to the left, and jump about or 
leap on each others backs when they ought 
to march or to halt, will have no Imperfed: 
image of the manoeuvres of thefe demi-fa- 
vages. As none of them knew how to dif- 
tinguifli his right hand from his left, the 
ireader may judge how well they muft have 
obeyed the commands of their generaL 
With a ftupid look, they kept their eyes fted- 
faftly fixed upon him ; but fcarcely had he 
given the word when, agitated as if by convul- 
fions, each performed a different evolution ; 
and all that could be taught them was to re- 
main in a line clofely fqueezed one againft 
|he other. On the arrival of the lirfl: bullet, 
ancj 
