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a manner equally exempt from forwardness and fear ;—examined 
it with his eyes, and perceiving a ring on one of my fingers, sub- 
mitted that and that only to a very cautious and gentle examination 
with his teeth, so as not to leave any mark on the ring. I then offered 
him my other hand with the glove on. This he felt, looked at it, 
turned it about, and then tried it with his teeth. His sight and his 
ordinary touch seemed to satisfy him in the case of a natural surface, 
but, as it appeared to me, he required something more to assure his 
senses when an artificial surface was presented to him; and then he 
applied the test of his teeth. 
‘‘ At length it became necessary for his kind nurse to leave him; 
and after much remonstrance on his part, she put him on the floor. 
He would not leave her, however, and walked nearly erect by her side, 
holding by her gown, just like a child. At last she got him away by 
offering him a peeled raw potato, which he ate with great relish, 
holding it in his right hand. His keeper, who is very attentive to 
him, and whom he likes very much, then made his appearance, and 
spoke to him. Tommy (for by that name they call him) evidently 
made an attempt to speak too, gesticulating as he stood nearly erect, 
protruding his lips, and making a hoarse noise “‘ hoo-hoo””’ somewhat 
like a deaf and dumb person endeavouring to articulate. He soon 
showed 'a disposition to play with me, jumping on his lower extremi- 
ties opposite to me like a child, and looking at me with an expression 
indicating a wish for a game of romps. I confess I complied with 
his wish, and a capital game of play we had. 
“«On another occasion, and when he had become familiar with me, 
I caused, in the midst of his play, a looking-glass to be brought, and 
held it before him. His attention was instantly and strongly ar- 
rested: from the utmost activity he became immoveably fixed, 
steadfastly gazing at the mirror with eagerness and something like 
wonder depicted on his face. He at length looked up at me—then 
again gazed at the glass. ‘The tips of my fingers appeared on one 
side as I held it—he put his hands and then his lips to them—then 
looked behind the glass—then gazed again at its surface—touched 
my hand again, and then applied his lips and teeth to the surface of 
the glass—looked behind again, and then, returning to gaze, passed 
his hands behind it, evidently to feel if there was anything substan- 
tial there. A savage would have acted much in the same way, 
judging from the accounts given of such experiments with the un- 
tutored natives of a wild and newly discovered land. 
“I broke a sugared almond in two, and, as he was eating one half, 
placed the other, while he was watching me, in a little card-box 
which I shut in his presence—as soon as he had finished the piece 
of almond which he had, I gave him the box. With his teeth and 
hands he pulled off the cover, took out the other half, and then laid 
the box down. He ate the kernel of this almond, rejecting the . 
greatest part of the sugary paste in which it was incased, as if it had 
been a shell: but he soon found out his error; for, another almond 
being presented to him, he carefully sucked off the sugar and left 
the kernel. 
I then produced a wine-glass, into which I poured some racy sherry, 
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