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the name only of another tune, with which he is acquainted, is men- 

 tioned to him. He does not always hit upon the tune at once 

 which is aiked, but he correds himfelf eafily with the lead afEft- 

 ance. 



"Heunderftands every thing that isfaid to him by his mafter and 

 miftrefs ; and fhows, by liis countenance, that he knows when you 

 are talking of him ; but, in general, he takes very Uttle notice of a- 

 ny thing, which does not attract his notice by its finery, fmooth- 

 nefs, &c. While I was with him, the farmer afked feveral que- 

 ftions, which he anfwered rapidly, and nor very diftindlly, but fuf- 

 ficiently fo as to be underftood even by a ftranger to his manner. 

 Some of the queftions were, Who is your father ? — King George. 

 What is ydur name I — Pe-ter ; (he always pronounces the two fyl- 

 lables of his name with a fhort interval between them). What is 

 that ? — Bow-wow, (for the dog). What horfe will you ride upon ? 

 — Cuckow ; (This is not the name of any of their horfes, but it is 

 a name with which he always anfwers that queftion ; perhaps it 

 was the name of one of his former matter's horfes). What will you 

 do with this r (tea, gin, &c.) — He will put his hand to his mouth. 

 If you point to his beard, nofe, or mouth, and afk what is that, he 

 will tell you plainly. His anfwers, I think, never exceed two words ; 

 and he never fays any thing of his own accord. I forgot to men- 

 tion, that he has been taught alfo to fay, when he is afked, What 

 are you ?-..-Wild man. Where were you found ? — Hannover. Who 

 found you ? — King George. If he is told to tell twenty, he will 

 count the number exadlly on his fingers, with an indiftintl found at 

 each number ; but, after anotlier perfon, he will fay, one, two, 

 three, &c. pretty diftindly. 



*' Till laft fpring, (1782), which was foon after his illnefs, he 

 -always Ihewed himfelf remarkably animated by the influence of the 



fpring, 



