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brought to my recolledlion another compamorf 
of my travels; a good friend, a faithful fervant," 
extremely cunning, fruitful iri expedients irl 
times of emergency, and by whom I had more 
than once been extricated from embarrafTments. 
The whole compariy were defirb'us of feeing 
him, and we walked towards his houfe as if to 
inform him that I was On the point of fetting 
off. There was a fort of playful contention 
who fhould be the firft to tell him the news* 
The reader will perteive that I am fpeaking 
of my ape. There could be no feftivity uhlefs 
he was of the party. Boers arid myfelf were 
accuftomed to vifit him every day after dinner, 
and to take with us fome of our deffert. Na- 
turally gentle and carefling, he was free from 
the faults of his fpecies, and had rather imbibed 
thofe of his mafter. He feemed alfo to have 
acquired fome virtues, for he was fenfible te 
kindnefs and civilities, and always eager to re- 
pay them. I knew but one perfon whom he 
would not fuffer to ftroke him ; and to him he 
bore a moft extraordinary enmity. This was 
an officer of the Pondicherry regiment, who' 
lodged like myfelf in the houfe of the fifcat, 
and who, to try the affeftion of my ape, pre- 
tended one day to ftrike me. At this fuppofed 
ill 
