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THE STORY OF THE MONKEY . 
cessfully. Jack slipped over to the rear of the building. Another gun was 
procured and one was placed on each side of the house, when the monkey, 
seeing the fix he was in, sprang on the chimney, and hid in one of the flues, 
holding on by his forepaws. A fire soon brought him out and he meekly 
surrendered, coming to his master in an abashed and crestfallen manner. 
With the exception of a few small species, such as the marmosets and the 
lemurs, the simians are not very pleasing animals in aspect or habits; while 
the larger apes and baboons are positively disgusting. The air of grotesque 
humanity that characterizes them is horribly suggestive of human idiocy. 
It is true that the naturalist learns to see wonder or beauty in all things of 
nature, and therefore looks with lively interest on the ape. But still, this 
creature is less pleasing in his sight than many others which may be not so 
highly developed; and in truth there are few who, if the choice lay between 
the two fates, would not prefer to suffer from the fangs and claws of the 
lion than from the teeth and hands of the ape. 
