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One of these is to walk upright, or rather on his feet, 

 unsupported by his hands ; the other to kiss his 

 keeper. I have before remarked with how much 

 difficulty he accomplishes the first, and may add, that 

 a well-trained dancing-dog would far surpass him in 

 the imitation of the human posture." 



The next specimen of which we have an accurate 

 account, was one brought as a present to the Empress 

 Josephine from the Isle of Fiance. It is described by 

 Fred. Cuvier, and, like all the others, died a short time 

 after it reached Europe. When first brought on board, it 

 showed the same caution with Dr Abel's orang ; would 

 not mount aloft until it had seen M. Decaen, by whom 

 it was brought up, do so and during its life the same 

 attachment to its owner, and annoyance in his absence, 

 appeared. In eating or drinking, it would occasionally 

 use its hands to convey the food or vessel to its lips, 

 but would as often apply the lips to the food, and 

 when drinking would lengthen them out a powei 

 which it possessed in an extraordinary degree. 



A spoon was sometimes given to it, with which in 

 imitation it would attempt to lift the food ; but when 

 that could not be accomplished, the spoon would be 

 eignificantly handed to the 'nearest person with whom 

 it was acquainted. In the whole of its actions, the 

 resemblance to Dr Abel's animal was so near, that a 

 detail would be nearly a recapitulation. We refer, 

 therefore, to the paper itself in the 15th volume of the 

 Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. One cir- 



