"Quadrumanous" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the monkey; and turning sharply, he gave Billy's detaining hand a nip with his teeth, sharply enough to make the man utter an exclamation and let go, when the monkey leaped on to the bulwark, seized a rope, and went up it hand over hand in a quadrumanous manner to a height that he considered safe, and there held on and hung, looking down at the ...
— Mother Carey's Chicken - Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle • George Manville Fenn |
