The Comic Almanack, Volume 2: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities — David Hume — John Shaqi
The Comic Almanack, Volume 2: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities
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taken, made no resistance, but seemed considerably surprised, and
repeatedly uttered a sound like "monkeyshaveme," or "monkeysgotme,"
opinions are divided as to which; afterwards he looked steadily at
his captors and distinctly pronounced "sichalotoguys," the apparent
spelling of which was taken down on the spot.
Since its arrival at the Zoological Gardens the animal has manifested
signs of decided intelligence. Meat having been set before him, instead
of eating it like a civilized Ouran-outan with his paws, he produced,
from some of his pouches, two strange instruments, one of a cutting
nature, the other furnished with prongs, by means of which he divided
the morsels and raised them to his mouth. After feeding he now walks
round the company upon his hind legs, in the manner of a rational being;
and were it not for his absurd clothes, his habits of rubbing or
brushing his hair, washing his face, never biting nor kicking, and
especially were it not for a sort of chimney-pot which he wears upon his
head, many Ouran-outans would really be inclined to think of him as
approaching, in some degree, to the verge of a dim and cloudy
rationality. At all events the creature is a matter of enlightened
curiosity, and we understand is likely to form one of the main
attractions at the approaching Exhibition of the Want of Industry of
Monkeys of all Nations.
[Illustration:
Monster discovered by the Ourang Outangs.
]
HOW I WENT UP THE JUNG-FRAU, AND CAME
DOWN AGAIN.
(BY PETER TWITTERS, PHILOSOPHER, CAMDEN TOWN.)
[_From his own private Diary, which he kept for publication in the_
Times,
_only they didn't put it in._]
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