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of the family approaching in the distance, and uttered the 

 following with a welcome that was most hospitable: 



k ) dmdd I 



jyQ ooh ooh - 



A little later in the afternoon another friend came, and 

 received this greeting: 



^ 



w 



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Both chimpanzees were inquisitive, Chim particularly was 

 an accompHshed pick-pocket. He seemed to possess an 

 acute instinctive stealth without being sly. His approach 

 to one's pocket was merely the intelligent working out of a 

 definite purpose to find what was hidden behind the fold. 

 He examined quite as carefully a plait or the turn of a collar 

 or cuff before he learned that only certain folds held interest- 

 ing things. When discovered he was not at all discomfited, 

 but continued his search with a funny little change of expres- 

 sion in his features that seemed to say "I have your per- 

 mission? " 



His handhng of clothing was so delicate as to be almost 

 imperceptible to the wearer. He would reach into a pocket 

 and grasp whatever was there — handkerchief, pencils, or 

 pitch-pipe — between the fingers held straight. His fingers 

 are larger and longer in proportion to the hand than those 

 of a child. Pencils he would split in pieces with his teeth, and 

 he liked to chew the eraser. 



Chim's manner of carrying objects that he found, or that 



