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but it was necessary to keep them tied up owing to their 

 mischievous dispositions. 



At one time, when very young, Wee Man had been 

 allowed to run loose, and whenever I left the house he 

 would be unable to resist the temptation of working havoc 

 among papers or anything else that took his fancy which 

 he could destroy, although he knew quite well he would 

 be punished, and showed it by his guilty demeanour when 

 I returned. At this time he would frolic around the 

 huts of the canoe-men when they were away, and make 

 little holes through the grass walls, so that he could, if chased 

 when the time came to tie him up for the night, dodge 

 in and out of the huts. It was a great game every evening 

 to try and find him, and if he managed to hide himself 

 away and go to sleep before he was found, it was considered 

 that he had won the game ; and he did, quite often ! 

 Mischief was a very marked feature of the monkeys' games 

 with each other, which were delightful to watch. One 

 would be sitting on the bar, a couple of feet above the 

 ground, his tail hanging down, and another, with a 

 broad grin on his face, would steal up and, seizing the tail 

 with both hands, tug furiously in the endeavour to bring 

 down the other, who, quite appreciating the joke and also 

 grinning, would cling on with all his might. 



They were of a very affectionate disposition, and if 

 one was beaten or threatened the other would do its 

 utmost to bite the enemy, shrieking with rage the while. 

 The baby Puffin, on Bugalla, was not tied up, and 

 occasionally got into mischief in the house, when I 

 chased him out with threatening gestures. He would 

 at once run to the others, who would receive him 

 anxiously and carefully examine him to see what damage 

 had been sustained, while he made the baby noise to which 

 they responded. 



When the three settled down to sleep for the night, 

 all cuddled together, they would give each other a long 

 kiss, lip to lip ! 



