Chapter XIII

Deliverance.—I see my native land again.—O Macao!—My
immortality _Page 144_

HERR VON SCHLIEFFEN AND HIS MONKEYS 153

THE PROFESSOR AND THE CROCODILE 175

TREE LIFE IN GENERAL, AND MONKEYS IN PARTICULAR 195

THE MONKEY AMONGST MEN, OR THE HOUSE IN REGENT’S PARK 247

MONKEY LEGENDS AND ANECDOTES 287

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Adventures of Polydorus Marasquin, the Man among the
Monkeys _Frontispiece_

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Clouds upon clouds of apes, of all forms, colours, and sizes,
clambering up the trees, rolling themselves among the branches
like squirrels, or taking possession of the ground about me 30

Quick as lightning, he seized the branch of cane which I had thrown
on the ground, and before I had time to place myself in a posture
of defence, showered blow after blow on my arms and legs 33

The banks of the lake were covered along their entire length by
those very apes who had so pitilessly tormented, jeered at, and
beaten me 36

While he was speaking, these unfortunate wretches trembled all
over, from head to foot 63

They went to spend their honeymoon in an isolated spot which I
had selected for them 130

After having dug a trench seven feet long, I interred myself
with all possible precautions 132

Covered with my tattered and well-worn skin, but still holding
sufficiently together for me to be taken for a mandrill 147

Bonnet and Macaque Monkeys 252

Rhesus Monkey and Young 253

Anubis Baboon 255

Wanderoo Monkey 255

Black-faced Spider Monkey 259

Squirrel 263

Squirrel Monkey, and Tee-Tee 263

Ring-tailed Lemur 266

The Aye-Aye 268

THE MAN AMONG THE MONKEYS.