the _Cowlitz_, he
had joined her, and had since remained in her.

I liked Adam Fairburn very much. He had certainly been wild, careless,
and indifferent to religion; but adversity had sobered him, and allowed
his thoughts to dwell on holy and high objects. The many misfortunes he
had met with, he assured me, were, he felt, sent by a kind Providence
for his benefit. Far from repining, he received them gratefully. I
found his advice and counsel of great assistance; indeed, he was the
only person on board whom I could truly consider as a companion.

I need not describe the rest of the crew; but there was a little
personage on board who must not be forgotten. He went by the name of
Ungka; and though he did not speak, as one looked at his intelligent
countenance, and watched his expressive gestures, one could scarcely
help believing that he could do so, if he was not afraid of being
compelled to work. Ungka was in fact a baboon from the wilds of
Sumatra. He had been caught young by a Malay lad, who sold him to
Captain Van Deck. He was about two feet and a half high, and the span
of his arms was four feet. His face was perfectly free from hair,
except at the sides, where it grew like whiskers. It also rather
projected over his forehead, but he had very little beard. His coat was
jet black, as was the skin of his face. His hands and fingers were
long, narrow, and tapering; and both feet and hands had great prehensile
power, as he used to prove by the fearless way in which he swung himself
from rope to rope. He used to walk about the deck with great
steadiness, let the ship roll ever so much, though with rather a
waddling gait, and with a quick step, sometimes with his arms hung down,
but at others over his head, ready to seize a rope, and to swing himself
up the rigging. His eyes were very close together, of a hazel colour,
and with eye-lashes only on the upper lid. He had a nose, but a very
little one; his mouth was large, and his ears small; but what he seemed
most to pride himself in, was having no tail, or even the rudiment of
one.

One of his chief amusements used to be attacking two other monkeys who
had longer tails. He would watch his opportunity, and, catching hold of
little Jacko's tail, would haul him up the rigging after him at a great
rate. Ungka would all the time keep the most perfect gravity of
countenance, while poor little Jacko grinned, chattered, and twisted
about in a vain endeavour to