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he has for drinking out of. He is ceaselessly active all day, and 

 at night covers himself very neatly with warm shawls, and 

 sleeps soundly till about eight o'clock. 



21st. I notice that the love of mischief is very strong in 

 him. To-day he got hold of a wine-glass and an egg-cup. The 

 glass he dashed on the floor with all his might, and of course 

 broke it. Finding, however, that the egg-cup would not break 

 for being thrown down, he looked round for some hard sub- 

 stance against which to dash it. The post of the brass bedstead 

 appearing to be suitable for the purpose, he raised the egg-cup 

 high over his bead and gave it several hard blows. When it 

 was completely smashed he was quite satisfied. He breaks a 

 stick by passing it down between a heavy object and the wall, 

 and then hanging on to the end, thus breaking it across the 

 heavy object. He frequently destroys an article of dress by 

 carefully pulling out the threads (thus unripping it) before he 

 begins to tear it with his teeth in a more violent manner. Il 

 he gets hold of anything that he sees -we do not care about, he 

 soon leaves it again ; but if it is an article of value (even if it 

 be only a scrap of paper) which he sees we are anxious about, 

 nothing will induce him to give it up. No food, however in- 

 viting, will distract his attention : scolding only makes him 

 more angry, and he keeps the article until it is quite destroyed. 

 To-day I gave him a hammer to break his walnuts with, and he 

 Ui-es it in a proper manner for that purpose. 



22nd. To-day a strange person (a dressmaker) came into the 

 room where he is tied up, and I gave him a walnut that she 

 might see him break it with his hammer. The nut was a bad 

 one, and the woman laughed at his disappointed face. He then 

 became very angry, and threw at her everything he could lay 

 hands on ; first the nut, then the hammer, then a coffee-pot 

 which he seized out of the grate, and, lastly, all his own shawls. 

 He throws things with great force and precision by holding 

 them in both hands, and extending his long arms well back over 

 his head before projecting the missile, standing erect the while. 



23rd. There is continual war between him and Sharp [a small 

 terrier], but they both seem to have a certain mutual respect for 

 each other. The dog makes snatches at nuts, &c., and runs 

 away with them beyond the reach of his chain, and the monkey 

 catches at the dog, but seems afraid to hold him or hurt him. 

 He however pelts him with nuts or bits of carrot, and chatters 

 at him. At other times he holds out his hand as if to make 

 friends, but the dog is too suspicious to go near him. His hos- 

 tility towards the servants (one especially) incre:ps, to that he 



