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Jocko was very indignant at having been whipped by the cook, for he could see

no difference between himself and a negro: hut as blackey was a big, stout fellow,

he did not dare play off any of his pranks on him. Not so however with the boats­wain’s son. Master Tom, it must be confessed, was very provoking, and liked to teaze the monkey, forgetting that he would not have relished being served the same way himself. So one day Jocko thought he would teach him better manners, and picking him up in his forepaws, was about to fling the boy into the sea, when the boatswain caught him by the tail. “You rascally monkey!” cried he, “we’ll see whether you’ll sink or swim! ”

And so saying he flung Jocko overboard.

Luckily for monkeys, nature teaches them to swim, without their having to take any lessons. Thus Jocko, though not much relishing being cast into a rather rough sea, that felt cold to the native of a warm climate, battled against the waves, while thinking all the while: “O that I was safe back in my beautiful forest! The world is not half

so pretty, and the sea not half so nice as green grass! ”