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tion to have the whole weight of his body upon my 
back, I contented myself with his head and shoulders, 
which I cut off: and have brought them with me to 
Europe.* I have since found, that I acted quite 
right in doing so, having had enough to answer for 
the head alone, without saying any thing of his 
hands and feet, and of his tail, which is an appen¬ 
dage, Lord Karnes asserts, belongs to us. 
The features of this animal are quite of the Grecian 
cast; and he has a placidity of countenance which 
shows that things went well with him when in life. 
Some gentlemen of great skill and talent, on inspect¬ 
ing his head, were convinced that the whole series of 
its features has been changed. Others again have 
hesitated, and betrayed doubts, not being able to 
make up their minds, whether it be possible, that 
the brute features of the monkey can be changed into 
the noble countenance of man.—“ Scinditur vulgus.” 
One might argue at considerable length on this 
novel subject: and perhaps, after all, produce little 
more than prolix pedantry. “ Vox et prseterea nihil.” 
Let us suppose for an instant, that it is a new 
species. Well; “ Una golondrina no hace verano 
one swallow does not make summer, as Sancho 
Panza says. Still, for all that, it would be well 
worth while going out to search for it; and these 
times of Pasco-Peruvian enterprise are favourable 
to the undertaking. Perhaps, gentle readers, you 
would wish me to go in quest of another. I would 
* My young friend, Mr. J. H. Foljambe, eldest son of Thomas Foljambe, 
Esq. of Wakefield, has made a drawing of the head and shoulders of this 
animal, (see Frontispiece,) and it is certainly a most correct and striking 
likeness of the original. 
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