ST. JAGO MONKEY. 
all kinds, being less than the Baboon, are en- \ 
dued with less power of doing mischief. In- 
deed, the ferocity of their nature seems to di- 
minish with their size; and, when taken wild 
in the woods, they are sooner tamed, and more 
easily taught to imitate Man, than the former. 
More gentle than the Baboon, and less grave 
and sullen than the Ape, they soon begin to 
exert all their sportive mimicries, and are ea- 
sily restrained by correction. But it must be 
confessed, that they will do nothing they arc 
desired, without beating ; for, if their fears be 
entirely removed, they are the most insolent 
and headstrong animals in nature. Monkeys^ 
in their native woods, are not less the pests of 
man, than of other animals. Neither the 
Tiger, nor the Lion itself, venture to dispute 
their dominion : sii^e these, from the tops o 
trees, continually carry on an offensive war 
and, by their agility, escape all possibility o: 
pursuit. Nor have the birds less to fear, from 
their continual depredations. The larger snakes 
however, are often seen winding up the tree: 
where the Monkeys reside ; and, if they hap- 
pen to surprise them sleeping, swallow then 
whole. When a traveller enters these woods 
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