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to sailing, I sent him on board. As the lad 

 that originally brought him could not be 

 found, a Malay servant to Mr. Boustead was 

 deputed to take charge of him. The animal was a 

 little troublesome at first, but afterwards became 

 quiet in the boat. On arriving on board, he 

 soon managed to make his escape, rewarding his 

 conductor with a bite, as a parting remembrance, 

 and ascended the rigging with such agility as to 

 excite the astonishment and admiration of the 

 crew. As the evening approached, the animal 

 came down on the deck, and was readily secured. 

 We found, however, in a day or two, that he was 

 so docile when at liberty, and so very much irri- 

 tated at being confined, that he was permitted to 

 range about the deck or rigging. We sailed 

 from Singapore for England with him, on the 

 18th of November 1830. 



He usually, (on first coming on board,) after 

 taking exercise about the rigging, retired to rest 

 at sunset, on the maintop, coming on deck regu- 

 larly at daylight. This continued until our 

 arrival oif the Cape, when experiencing a lower 

 temperature, he expressed an eager desire to 

 be taken to my arms, and to be permitted 

 to pass the night in my cabin, for which he 

 evinced such a decided partiality, that, on the 

 return of warm weather, he would not retire to 



