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each other. At first "Jack" displayed the utmost 

 self -consciousness, half turning away, and pretend- 

 ing to be employed displacing stones ; presently he 

 began to sidle up, and, mutual confidence being 

 presently established, the two became quite inseparable. 

 " Jack " was never contented unless he was carrying 

 his small friend hugged closely in his arms, and, from 

 having in the past constantly sought human com- 

 panionship, he now rather avoided it, and resented 

 strongly any one attempting so much as to touch his 

 charge. It was quite a pretty idyll, and its curtailment, 

 through "Jack" accidently hanging himself in the 

 course of a burglary on the mealie store, was widely 

 regretted. 



Another little fellow, having developed a considerable 

 liking for me, used to like sitting on my shoulder, and 

 if at such a time any of the dogs came up and tried 

 to demonstrate their affection, he would fly into a rage, 

 jump down and chase them away, perhaps under the 

 impression that they were trying to attack me. On all 

 other occasions he was on the most friendly terms with 

 them all. During my absence some one bullied him, 

 and, finding himself uncomfortable, he ran away into 

 the bush, and could neither be caught nor induced to 

 return to civilization. He never attached himself to 

 any others of his own species, but taking up his abode 

 somewhere in the neighbourhood of a small village, he 

 periodically raided it for food, having first assured himself 

 that no one was at home. He then showed the results 

 of his period of domestication in the deftness with which 

 he would prise open the reed screens closing the huts, 

 remove covers from dishes, and so forth. When a white 

 man . was walking or riding along the road he would 

 sometimes appear from the bush and follow a hundred 



