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to discover the least movement anywhere within her 

 range of vision. She would move about almost con- 

 stantly, but her attention was not directed to any 

 one object for more than a few seconds at a time. 

 Lizzie showed a strong aversion to being taken 

 in the hands, although she soon came to jump upon 

 my shoulder and ride about there quite contentedly. 

 Often when I stretched out my hands to seize her 

 she would bound past them to my arm and quickly 

 scamper to my shoulder. It was difficult to get hold 

 of her in that situation, for she would clamber about 

 over my body in a very nimble way in her efforts 

 to avoid seizure. She was fond of diving into my 

 pockets and extracting articles therefrom and then 

 scampering away with them. She appeared to take 

 a certain pleasure in being pursued for the recov- 

 ery of the stolen property. Most things which she 

 took went straight to her mouth. She was especially 

 fond of chewing up lead pencils, and took an ap- 

 parent delight in breaking things or pulling them to 

 pieces. After a detailed investigation of an object 

 for some minutes, during which she turned it over 

 and over with her hands and feet for she was al- 

 most as facile in grasping things with her feet as 

 with her hands she usually wearied of her play- 

 thing and gave it little further attention. This sort 

 of intellectual curiosity afforded her many things 

 with which to occupy herself; and when no other 

 object engaged her attention she would frequently 

 busy herself with inspecting her own person in the 



