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noon, Quarll, according to his custom, went to see if any
distressed by it stood in need of help. Being come to the rock,
lie espied a barrel floating at the foot of it, with several planks
and fragments of ship floating with the tide. “ Alas I" said he,
“ these are too evident pioofs of a shipwreck to hope otherwise.”
As he was looking about he discovered the bodies of the very
two men who had taken away his antelopes, therefore readily
saw that by their instigation the present vessel had been fitted
out for the express purpose of stripping his little island of every
thing they could take away, and perhaps not even sparing bis
own person. This idea he was the more confirmed in, by
observing all around the various implements, materials, Sec,,
which had been thrown on shore by the wreck. Thus
Providence supplied him with necessaries^ intended for his
destruction, which left him nothing to wish for.
There happening to he a great noise early one morning* it
awoke him out of his sleep ; he opened the door, at the outside
of which an old monkey of each sort wTere quietly waiting to
entice him to come to put an end to their dispute. He has­
tened to the place, when each party moving- a considerable
distance off the other* waited his sharing the wind-falls ; which
being done* they quietly took that heap which lay next each,
and went to their different quarters. One morning* when he
had roasted a parcel of these roots, and had spread them on his
table to cool? he went out to walk, leaving his door open to let
the air in. At his return home, he found a beautiful monkey
of the finest kind. Beholding him in his own possession, he
was at once filled with joy and admiratiofr. Having a consi­
derable time admired the beast, which was now and then eating
the roots that lay before him* he shut the door, and went in
With a resolution of staying at home all day, in order to tame
Lira.— This most wonderful animal having, by its surprising