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would come down to the ground or sit patiently outside the 

 kitchen window, waiting to be coaxed and caught. At one time, 

 after we had been entreating him for an hour, he came down 



from the house in a 

 ' rage to scare away- 



some boys who were 

 j mocking him from be- 

 I low, and who fled in 

 \ terror at his approach. 

 ' When loose in the tall 

 grass. Bob would walk 

 \ on his hinder limbs, 

 ! holding his head high, 

 ; and looking about for 

 birds, in whom he 

 seemed to take much 

 interest. For some 

 reason their calls at- 

 i tractedhim. His hands 

 meanwhile were held 

 ^ with drooping wrists 

 like the wrists of per- 

 # #;>> '- '^"Hg ^F^^: sons afflicted with the 



' m '\ %^'' ^" Grecian bend. Toward 



^ \^> ^(^^ most animals and to- 



i ward persons he could 

 ! not frighten he usual- 

 ly affected perfect in- 

 difference, often not 

 deigning to grant them 

 even a glance. 



Toward horses and cows, and to other animals " big and un- 

 pleasant " to him, he held a great dislike. When Billy, the 

 saddle horse, came near him, Bob would crouch like an angry 

 cat, erecting his hair, humping his back, and scolding vehemently. 

 When in his judgment he was safely out of Billy's reach, he 

 would advance boldly and scold loudly. When he thought Billy 

 too near, he became as small and inconspicuous as possible, to 

 avoid the horse's notice. At one time he was placed on Billy's 

 back, where he went into spasms of fear. When taken into the 

 house, he grew bolder, and, climbing on the back of a chair, he 

 described his adventures volubly and with many gestures to his 

 friend Otaki, who understood it all. 



To the big dog Rover he also had strong objections. Rover 

 looked down on Bob with tolerant contempt, as a disagreeable 

 being, not to be shaken like a rat because possibly human. But 



After Olaret KATZENJA:srjiER. 



