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sound, begging to be taken into their arms ; his 

 request once acceded to, he was as adhesive as 

 Sinbad's old man of the sea ; any attempt to 

 remove him being followed by violent screams. 

 He could not endure disappointment, and, like 

 the human species, was always better pleased 

 when he had his own way ; when refused or dis- 

 appointed at anything, he would display the 

 freaks of temper of a spoiled child ; lie on the 

 deck, roll about, throw his arms and legs in 

 various attitudes and directions, dash every 

 thing aside that might be within his reach, 

 walk hurriedly, repeat the same scene over and 

 over again, and utter the gutteral notes of ra, 

 ra ; the employment of coercive measures dur- 

 ing the paroxysms reduced him in a short period 

 to a system of obedience, and the violence of his 

 temper by such means became in some degree 

 checked. Often has he reminded me of that 

 pest to society, a spoiled child, who may justly 

 be defined as papa's pride, mamma's darling, 

 the visitor's terror, and an annoyance to all the 

 living animals, men and maid-servants, dogs, cats, 

 &c. in the house that it might be inhabiting. 



When he came, at sunset, to be taken into my 

 arms, and was refused, he would fall into a pa- 

 roxysm of rage ; but finding that unsuccessful, 



