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pied, he would sit quietly in her lap, pulling his toes 

 about with his fingers with the same pensive air as a 

 human child exhibits when amusing itself in the 

 same manner. I wished to examine his teeth ; and 

 when his nurse, in order to make him open his 

 mouth, threw him back in her arms and tickled him, 

 just as she would have acted towards a child, the 

 caricature was complete. 



" I offered him my ungloved hand. He took it 

 mildly in his, with a manner equally exempt from 

 forwardness and fear ; examining it with his eyes, and 

 perceiving a ring on one of my fingers, submitted 

 that, and that only, to a very cautious and gentle ex- 

 amination with his teeth, so as not to leave any mark 

 on the ring. I then offered him my other hand with 

 the glove on. This he felt, looked at it, turned it 

 about, and then tried it with his teeth. His sight 

 and his ordinary touch seemed to satisfy him in the 

 case of a natural surface ; but, as it appeared to me 

 he required something more to assure his senses 

 when an artificial surface was presented to him, and 

 then he applied the test of his teeth. 



" At length it became necessary for his kind nurse 

 to leave him, and, after much remonstrance on his 

 part, she put him on the floor. He would not leave 

 her, however, and walked nearly erect by her side, 

 holding by her gown, just like a child. At last she 

 got him away by offering him a peeled raw potato, 

 which he ate with great relish, holding it in his right 

 hand. His keeper, who is very attentive to him, and 



