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— exactly like a frightened kitten on top of an easy- 

 chair. 



Professor Brehm had a similar experience with a 

 truant chimpanzee. The little scamp had the run of 

 the Hamburg menagerie, and one day had managed 

 to squeeze himself through the bars of the bear-rotunda, 

 when one of the rightful tenants sallied from his den 

 with a growl that made Jacko scramble up the centre- 

 pole in wild haste. He found, however, that more than 

 one could play at that game, for the bear espied him 

 and came up the pole hand-over-fist ; but when he had 

 nearly reached him, Jacko jumped off, and clear out- 

 side of the enclosure, and then rushed into the arms 

 of a by-stander, whom he hugged in a transport of 

 tenderness, — " as a person saved from drowning would 

 embrace his rescuer." 



As a general rule, the spontaneous tameness of a 

 creature depends on the degree of its helplessness, and 

 the young of the most intelligent animals, being, with 

 few exceptions, the least able to shift for themselves, 

 are naturally the most anxious to secure a protector. 

 Pigs can run and root almost as soon as they are born, 

 and are remarkably independent cadets; puppies are 

 cringingly submissive, and young monkeys not only 

 accept but demand human protection. A young ma- 

 caque, exposed in the middle of the market-square, will 

 tackle the first passer-by, mount him, and cling to him 

 as to a responsible relative, and fly out into a fit of 



