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done wrong, both by his first and last actions ; 

 — and what is reason if that is not an exercise 

 of it? 



When he walks in the erect posture, he turns 

 the leg and foot outwards, which occasions him 

 to have a waddling* gait and to seem bow- 

 legged. He would pace the deck, being held 

 by his long arm ; and then had a resemblance 

 to a child just learning to step. The limbs, 

 from their muscular and strong prehensile power, 

 render the animal a fit inhabitant for the forest ; 

 enabling him to spring from tree to tree with an 

 agility that we have frequently witnessed him 

 display about the rigging of the ship : he would 

 pass down the backstays, sometimes hanging by 

 his hands, at others walking down them in the 

 erect posture, like a rope-dancer, balancing him- 

 self by his long arms ; or he would spring from 

 one rope at a great distance to another, or would 

 drop from one above to another below. 



Being aware of his inability to escape pursuit, 

 when running on a level surface, his first object, 

 when about to make an attack, was to secure a 

 rope, and swing towards the object he was de- 

 sirous of attacking ; if defeated, he eluded pur- 

 suit by climbing out of reach. 



He has an awkward manner of drinking, by 

 which the liquid is much wasted : he first applies 



