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young male already described, but she was quite as 

 cunning. When she was approached, she exhibited 

 the same menacing demonstrations. Her eyes, though 

 milder, had the same false and traitorous look, "and," 

 writes M. du Chaillu, " she had the same way as 

 my other intractable captive, of looking you straight 

 in the eyes when she was meditating an attack. I 

 remarked, also, the same manoeuvre practised by the 

 other when she wanted to seize anything say my 

 arm, which, by reason of her chain, she could not 

 reach with her arm ; she looked me straight in the 

 face, then, quick as a flash, threw her body on one 

 leg and arm, and reached out with the other leg. 

 Several times I had narrow escapes of a grip from 

 her strong great toe. * * * All her motions were 

 remarkably quick, and her strength, though she was 

 so small and young, was truly extraordinary." 



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