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LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
bis own injury and disadvantage. It is certain, and we state 
it from the most indisputable authority, that the fable of the 
Monkey, the Cat, and the Chestnuts, had never as yet come under 
the perusal of Powyeke, but nevertheless he was a living example 
that the conduct of the monkey appertains to the character of 
man, whether he lives in the country, which gave birth to y£sop, 
or in that, which gave birth to Powyeke. Impressed with some 
suspicion, that were he to offer the flesh of the ox for sale, he 
might be detected, as having been the individual, who had 
anatomised the animal, he imparted his plan to his friend 
Kujukpun , who, under the promise of participating in the 
reward, undertook to be the bearer of the ox flesh to the ship, 
taking, however, special care to conceal from his friend, the real 
history of the ox, or that any one onboard the ship could lay 
claim to the flesh of the animal. Kujukpun was as savage in 
his manners, as he was by his birth, and, with all the effrontery 
of the most accomplished cheat, he presented himself on board 
the Victory, with the load of ox flesh on his head, and asking 
a most exorbitant reward, on account of its extraordinary 
freshness. Here Kujukpun was caught in his own net; the 
extraordinary freshness of the flesh, excited some suspicions, that 
it was part of the animal, which Commander Ross had left 
at the foot of the precipice, and Kujukpun was told to leave 
his load, and call, after a senik, for his reward. In the mean¬ 
time, it was ascertained that the animal had been cut up, and 
the whole of it taken away; and, on Kujukpun presenting 
himself for his reward, he was told, that the spirits had been 
consulted, and the information had been obtained, that he 
possessed no real right to the flesh, he having obtained it from 
an ox, which had been killed by others, and therefore he was 
disposing of that, which did not belong to him. Kujukpun 
answered, that the spirits told a great shagloo, (lie,) for so far 
from his having cut up the animal, he never saw it in his life, 
and that if they did not choose to purchase the flesh, he would 
take it back with him, and eat it himself. There was a bold¬ 
ness and audacity about this fellow, which rendered it advisable 
to get rid of him, although with some little sacrifice, and 
