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persons, screaming violently at any attempt to re- 

 move him. 



ef His food in Java was chiefly fruit, especially man- 

 gostans, of which he was excessively fond. He also 

 sucked eggs with voracity, and often employed him- 

 self in seeking them. On board ship, his diet was 

 of no definite kind. He ate readily of all kinds of meat, 

 and especially raw meat ; was very fond of bread, but 

 always preferred fruits when he could obtain them. 



" His beverage in Java was water ; on board ship 

 it was as diversified as his food. He preferred coffee 

 and tea, but would readily take wine, and exemplified 

 his attachment to spirits, by stealing the captain's 

 brandy bottle. Since his arrival in London, he has 

 preferred beer and milk to anything else, but drinks 

 wine and other liquors. 



" In his attempts to obtain food, he afforded us 

 many opportunities of judging of his sagacity and dis- 

 position. He was always very impatient to seize it 

 when held out to him, and became passionate when 

 it was not soon given up, and would chase a person 

 all over the ship to obtain it. I seldom came on deck 

 without sweetmeats or fruit in my pocket, and could 

 never escape his vigilant eye. Sometimes I endea- 

 voured to evade him by ascending to the mast-head, 

 but was always overtaken or intercepted in my pro- 

 gress. When he came up with me on the shrouds, 

 he would secure himself by one foot to the rattling, 

 and confine my legs with the other and one of hia 



