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Borneo. Once a bottle of carbonated mineral water (" Napa 

 soda ") was given him. He drew the cork, much surprised at the 

 explosion, and the character of the water caused him equal sur- 

 prise ; still he drained the bottle and was apparently pleased with 

 it. A bottle of claret being offered him, he drank eagerly and 

 became much exhilarated, but at the same time much confused. 

 After this he always refused claret, putting the bottle away with 

 a gesture of disapproval. Of water colored by fruit juices he was 

 very fond. 



Being left alone in a student's room, he experimented on the 

 bottles there. He drew the cork from bottles of ink and of bay 

 rum ; not relishing the contents of either, he poured both into the 

 wash basin. 



When he was offered an empty ^gg shell, he raised it up and 

 looked into the crack from which the contents had been taken. 

 Then he would use his fingers to pull the shell apart, licking the 

 inside of the shell, but apparently disgusted with the small 

 amount of food it contained. 



Being shown his reflection in the mirror, he advanced toward 

 it scowling, but soon detecting the sham, he lost all interest in it. 

 A hand glass was given him, but he paid very little attention to 

 his reflection in it, laying it down and turning to other things. 



The life of Bob was not without its tender passages. He was 

 loved in turn by the vivacious Mimi and the gentle Nanette. 

 The two stood in much the same relation as the 



"... ladies twain 

 Who loved so well the tough old dean." 



In Borneo, among the tribes of Cercopithecus, the male is 

 easily the lord of creation. The female expects to be crowded 

 aside and frequently punished, and takes rude treatment as a 

 matter of course. A kind expression now and then, an occasional 

 hour devoted to hunting HcEmatopincE in her hair, or even a 

 cessation of blows and bites, and she is thankful and satisfied. 



Mimi was of the tribe of Macacus, gentle in manner, excess- 

 ively quick of foot, impatient of restraint or even touch from any 

 hand except that of her chosen lord and master. She had large, 

 projecting gray eyes " pop-eyes " her rivals might have called 

 them and a wrinkled face suggestive of an age she did not 

 possess. Her face readily assumed an expression of most im- 

 patient contempt if any one not of her race attempted to caress 

 her or to take any liberty with her. Mimi had been brought as 

 a child from the south sea islands, and had grown up in a May- 

 field beer hall, where she had learned to drink beer with the rest 

 of them, and in general " knew the world," as most of us who 

 live outside the jungles of Borneo are compelled to know it. 



