3800.} ~ 
An Oran Otan, caught in the kingdom 
pf Assam, a country sicuated to the east- 
ward of Bengal, was brought to one of 
the East India company’s settlements, 
and afterwards sent as a present to Colo- 
nel Gordon, at that time resident at the 
Cape of Good Hope, Having, however, 
been attacked by the scurvy, on pe 
the vessel in whch it was conveyed, 4 
only survived for one day its arrival Ml 
the Cape, 
This animal, (which in its native coun- 
try has the name of Voulock,) was a fe- 
male. Inher general manners, she was 
exceedingly mild and pleasing, except 
when any other species of apes happened 
to be present, to all of which she appear- 
ed to‘ have grea it antipathy. She gener- 
ally walked in an upright posture ; and 
when, as was more than once observed, 
she happeried to be on a table, on which 
earthen-ware was placed, she was very 
careful not to break any thing. 
Sometimes she would emit a cry so 
shrill, that it was necessary,for any per- 
son who happened to be near her, to 
stop his ears, in order to avoid heing 
stunned with the sound. She would pro- 
nounce, for many times successively, the 
syllables, yua-hou, dwelling with force 
on the last syllable. Whenever she 
heard any noise at all resembling this, 
she would immediately set up her cry. 
During the continuance of her illness, 
she used frequent ly to moan almost like 
an infant, 
She was fed with vegetables and milk, 
and never could be induced to touch any 
kind of animal food: she would even re- 
fuse to eat from a plate, on which there 
had been meat.. Her mode of drinking, 
was to plunge her Lheegeae Into water, and 
then lick them. She would, of ber own 
accord, cover herself in bed, with hoon. 
of linen: but would not, on any occasio 
suffer herself to be clothed. ‘ 
SF 
' For the Monthly Magazine. 
Singular account of ENGLISH POLICY, 
&c. by @ FOREIGNER. 
Fp following very absurd and sin- 
gular ideas, are copied from a cor- 
respondenee, which fell. into my hands, 
and as they are < amusing by their oddity, 
though far distant from treth, 1 trust 
that they will dish out a fine feast for our 
patriotism, 
“‘ In this country, the constitution con- 
Sists, as you well know, of a King, Lords, 
and Commons elected by the ‘people. 
The King, however, who bears a high 
character, it is understood, does not con- 
- Account of English Policy, Ke. by a Foreigner. 
143 
cern himself with business, it being cons 
sidered by this odd people, that -the 
national business 1s always to be con, 
ducted by the servants; for, in this 
nation boutiguiere, the ‘servants only 
are te be seen hehind the counter. As 
to the Lords, the parsons inthis country 
join the two sexes in the bonds of ma- 
trimony, and upon any faus-pas, what 
the Lord in the singular number has 
united the Lords in the plural, though 
do not say they are gods, dissolve. As 
to the Commons, [ am told, that they 
have a presiding officer, whom they call 
a Spezker, but who, by office, is prohi- 
bited from speaking: and that there 
have been, 1m times past, in that house, 
many automata, whuse eyes and mouths 
the ministers directed with a string; and 
it is astonishing, [ am told, how well 
these puppets resembled real men: the 
ministers too give, I am told, grand 
dinners, but not of turtle, venison, and 
the nice things. The dishes, they say, 
consist of loaves and fis bes: and they 
tell me, that it is very good fare. Whea 
they are assembled, they do not talk 
much of the national affairs, but often 
cal one another hard names, 
“« There is another party in this nation, 
whom the peoule call Jacobins, or per- 
sons who wisk to overturn this consti- 
tution of King, Lords, and Commons, 
For my part, T see no reason why they 
should wish it. The lower orders of the 
people have that commendable quality, 
that they will not, if they can possibly 
avoid it, become chargeable to thie 
parish, Mow, I have been told, that it 
being the custom in this country for 
persons of title or station to leave the 
whole of their fortunes to the eldest sons, 
the nation 1s the great workhouse, into 
which they put their younger children ; 
that thus the rewards of merit are an- 
ticipated, and interest and corruption 
rendered predominant. I must own, 
therefore, that I think Mr. Cobdbet and 
those gentlemen do not-strike at the root 
of the evil, in laying that blame to the 
constitution, which ought only to at- 
tach to the ‘laws of primogeniture, and 
a dislike to saving money. But there’ is 
an infinite convenience in making in- 
terest the sole channel of promotion 5. 
because, were merit regarded, we should 
not see them to one’s heart, good, so 
Jaugh, grow fat and merry. The nation 
does, like the jack-ass, work hard; but 
these are indeed 2 most contrac sty 
of pigs. The Negro said, pig be the 
only gentleman in England ; but it js pro- 
babl¢ 
appeapreperscnenntices 
ae 
Te hh ie 
eee es ee 
