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WANDERINGS IN 
FOURTH 
JOURNEY 
Flesh of 
the 
Monkey. 
His flesh is good food; but when skinned, his 
: appearance is so like that of a young one of our 
own species, that a delicate stomach might possibly 
revolt at the idea of putting a knife and fork into it. 
However, I can affirm, from experience, that after 
a long and dreary march through these remote 
forests, the flesh of this monkey is not to be sneezed 
at, when boiled in Cayenne pepper, or roasted on a 
stick over a good fire. A young one tastes not un¬ 
like kid, and the old ones have somewhat the flavour 
of he-goat. 
I mentioned, in a former adventure, that I had 
hit upon an entirely new plan of making the skins of 
quadrupeds retain their exact form and feature. 
Intense application to the subject has, since that 
period, enabled me to shorten the process, and hit 
the character of an animal to a very great nicety, 
even to the preservation of the pouting lip, dimples, 
warts, and wrinkles on the face. I got a fine 
specimen of the howling monkey; and took some 
pains with it, in order to show the immense differ¬ 
ence that exists betwixt the features of this monkey, 
and those of man. 
I also procured an animal which has caused not 
a little speculation and astonishment. In my opinion, 
his thick coat of hair, and great length of tail, put 
his species out of all question ; but then his face and 
head cause the inspector to pause for a moment, 
before he ventures to pronounce his opinion of the 
classification. He was a large animal, and as I was 
pressed for daylight, and moreover, felt no inclina- 
