FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA. 
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combination of most amusing earnestness with boundless frivolity, 
which accompanies the beginning and end of all their pursuits. 
No tree crest is too high, no treasure too safely hidden, no 
property too respected, for their attacks. It is therefore not aston¬ 
ishing that the natives of East Soudan only speak of them with 
unutterable contempt and anger. ''Only think, sir, the clearest 
CHIMPANZEES IN THEIR NATIVE HAUNTS. 
proof of the godless nature of monkeys may be seen in their never 
bowing before the word of God’s ambassadors: all other creatures 
honor and revere the prophet; Allah’s peace be upon him! The 
monkeys despise him. The man who writes an amulet, and hangs 
it up in his field to keep off the hippopotamus, the elephant, and the 
monkeys from devouririg his fruit and injuring his property, always 
finds that the elephant alone pays any heed to the warning signal; 
