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THE MONKEYS.
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mad, you stupid little monkey ?" said a large
animal, and grinned, showing his white teeth
to enforce respect for his race.
" Well, or drunk,—you know you baboons
and mandrils are fond of grog, when you can get
any. These fellows were delightfully mad, I tell
you; and I will show you by-and-by some of
their pranks, which I have tried to ape since
I saw them. I wish it might amuse you, as
they did me. Then there was a very tall
nigger, just like Hanuman there, seated like
an emperor in the middle, who asked all sorts
of stupid questions, to which the two jolly
ones gave such ready-witted answers. And
then every one of the whole lot sang a song,
and sometimes they joined in such a beautiful
row, all together, that it would have gladdened
your monkey-hearts; you never heard
anything so powerful and jolly since you were in
your native jungles. Oh, Gemini! wasn’t it
pretty!"
" What does that mean ?" asked the
Hanuman ape.
" Oh, it is only an expression of high glee,
which I learnt when I was there. Carlo told
me ’they were not real niggers, for the public
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