saw Fritz, sprang on his back, put its paws in his curls, and would not
let go. I at length got the ape from Fritz's back, and took it up in my
arms like a child. We found that it was too young to seek its own food,
and, as Fritz said he should like to take it home, we put it on Turk's
back. Turk did not at first like this, but we soon got him to bear the
ape, which held so tight by the hair on the dog's neck that it could
not well fall off. Fritz then led Turk with a string, that he might not
stray out of sight, or throw off his charge, which I think he would
have done had we not been on the watch.

It did not take us long to reach the bank of the stream near to our
home.

I need not tell you how glad my wife and sons were to see us safe back,
or with what joy the boys took the "real live ape" out of Fritz's arms.

At length, when they got more staid, I told them that we had brought
them all sorts of good things, but that we had not met with any of the
men of whom we went in search. "God's will be done," said my wife, "let
us thank Him that you have come back safe to us. This day to me has
been an age; but put down your loads, for we must now go in and hear
what you have to tell."

Fritz and I then told them, by turns, where we found the things we
brought with us, how we made and dried the plates and bowls, cut the
canes, and caught the ape in the wood. Our tales had not come to an end
when we were told that it was time to sup. Ernest had shot a wild
goose, and some fish had been caught in the stream. With these, and the
Dutch cheese that we brought from the ship, we made a good meal; but
the boys would not rest till we broke some of the nuts, from which they