ST. JAGO MONK£Y. 
they consider him as an invader, and all join 
to repel the intrusion. If one of them 
happens to be wounded, the rest assemble 
round, and clap their fingers into the wound, 
as if they were desirous of sounding it's depth. 
If the blood flows in any quantity, some of 
them keep it shut up ; while others get leaves, 
which they chew, and thrust into the opening. 
[However extraordinary this may appear, it is 
^asserted to be often seen, and to be stri6i:ly 
true-. They retreat with their young clinging 
to their backs. Were we to give faith to what 
some travellers assure us, of the government, 
policies, and subordination, of these animals, 
we might be taxed with credulity; but we have 
no reason to doubt, that they are under a kind 
of discipline, which they exercise among each 
other. It is remarkable that, in those coun- 
tries where the Men are most barbarous and 
stupid, the Brutes are the most a6live and sa- 
gacious. It is in the torrid tra6ts, inhabited 
by Barbarians, that such various animals are 
found, with instin61:s so nearly approaching 
reason. The Savages, both of Africa and 
America, accordingly, suppose Monkeys to 
be Men: idle, slothful, ration^il beings; ca- 
pable 
