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whom he likes very much, then made his appearance, 

 and spoke to him. Tommy (for by that name they 

 call him) evidently made an attempt to speak too, 

 gesticulating as he stood, nearly erect, protruding his 

 lips, and making a hoarse noise, ' hoo-hoo,' somewhat 

 like a deaf and dumb person endeavouring to articu- 

 late. He soon showed a disposition to play with me, 

 jumping on his lower extremities opposite to me, 

 like a child, and looking at me with an expression 

 indicating a wish for a game of romps. I confess I 

 complied with his wish, and a capital game of play 

 we had. 



" On another occasion, and when he had become 

 familiar with me, I caused, in the midst of his play, 

 a looking-glass to be brought, and held it before 

 him. His attention was instantly and strongly ar- 

 rested ; from the utmost activity he became immove- 

 ably fixed, stedfastly gazing at the mirror with ea- 

 gerness, and something like wonder depicted on his 

 face. He at length looked up at me, then again 

 gazed at the glass. The tips of my fingers appeared 

 at one side as I held it ; he put his hands and then 

 his lips to them ; then looked behind the glass ; then 

 gazed again at its surface ; touched my hand again ; 

 and then applied his lips and teeth to the surface of 

 the glass ; looked behind again, and then returning to 

 gaze, passing his hands behind it, evidently to feel if 

 there was anything substantial there. A savage 

 would have acted much in the same way, judging 

 from the accounts given of such experiments with 



