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Imitative manners. 



not be brought to obey without blows. He would 

 present his hand to conduct the people who 

 came to visit him, and walk as gravely along with 

 them as if he had formed a part of the company. 

 I have seen him sit down at table, when he would 

 unfold his towel, wipe his lips, use a spoon or a 

 fork to carry the victuals to his mouth, pour his 

 liquor into a glass, and make it touch that of a 

 person who drank along with him. When in- 

 vited to take tea, he would bring a cup and sau- 

 cer, place them on the table, put in sugar, pour 

 out the tea, and allow it to cool before he drank 

 it. Ail this I have seen him perform without any 

 other instigation than the signs or the command 

 of his master, and often even of his own accord. 



He was perfectly gentle and inoffensive; and 

 appeared rather to solicit caresses than inclined 

 to offer injuries. He continued at Paris one 

 summer, and died in London the following 

 winter. 



One of thes-e animals seen in the Straits of Mo- 

 lucca, is described as having manners very simi- 

 lar to those already mentioned. It walked erect, 

 and used its hands and arms like a man ; and in- 

 deed its actions were in general so nearly allied 

 to those of mankind, and its passions so expres- 

 sive and lively, that a dumb person could scarcely 

 have rendered himself better understood. Its 

 anger was signified by stamping with its foot on 

 the ground. It had been taught to dance; and 

 would sometimes cry like a child. While on 

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