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place in the street-car. His hands are shriveled and 

 brown, but his nails are delicately tinted and well-shaped, 

 though evidently not looked after by a manicure, and his 

 feet have characteristics resembling those in human feet, 

 except that they are more flexible, and he uses them as 

 readily as he does his hands. 



3. " Jake," said Mr. Conklin, " we will have lunch if 

 it is Mr. Crowley's time." " Jake " placed some bananas 

 on a low table, and then a plate, cup and saucer, and knife 

 and fork. After setting out an infant's chair with a 

 cushion in it, he led by the hand the chimpanzee, who 

 had been watching him with apparent satisfaction. Mr. 

 Crowley sprang quickly into the chair and waited patiently 

 while " Jake " pushed him up to the table and placed a 

 pink shawl on his shoulders. " Will you have a banana, 

 old boy ? " asked " Jake." Mr. Crowley passed over his 

 plate and received one that had been peeled for him. He 

 picked up his knife and fork carefully and cut a large 

 piece from the fruit and transferred it on the fork to his 

 mouth. "Too much," said "Jake," disapprovingly; 

 " don't be greedy, Crowley." 



4. Mr. Crowley cut the slices of the fruit into smaller 

 pieces and ate them deliberately. When "Jake" pro- 

 posed a glass of milk, he nodded his head with a pleased 

 grin, sipped the milk with a tea-spoon, and then, lifting 

 the cup to his mouth, drank a portion of it. His napkin 

 is embroidered with the name "Remus Crowley," and, 

 after drinking, the chimpanzee wiped his broad mouth 

 and chin with it fastidiously. But having finished his 

 meal, he held out his plate for more, and, when refused, 

 protruded his lower lip and cried disconsolately. Then 

 he shook hands with the visitors, examined their finger- 

 rings and pockets curiously, and, when returned to his 

 cage with reluctance, made faces at all present, and occa- 



