The Tale of a Monkey Or the Mischievous Manoeuvres of Dandy Jack
The Tale of a Monkey Or the Mischievous Manoeuvres of Dandy Jack
Traill Catharine Parr Strickland
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Perhaps he would have done so had it been filled with pictures, as another monkey did of which I heard not long since. A naturalist had been making a large col- lection of insects, particularly beetles, and in order to discover the names of some of them had referred to a large volume containing plates of beetles, beautifully engraved and col- ored, which he had left open on his table. He had in his possession a small monkey, which just at this time escaped from its confinement, and, entering th...e studio, perceived the book lying upon the table. Supposing the pictures THE SEA-VOYAGE. 55 were real beetles, the monkey commenced pinching them out of the leaves and eating them, thus, in a very short time, accomplish- ing the utter destruction of the book. About an hour after Jack had hidden be- hind the coil of rope, to get away from the noise of the firing, a boat came to the side of the ship, and two men came over the sides and upon deck. When they were hailed by the sentry, they made answer that they were pilots.
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