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trees, which they chew, swallow the juice, and reject the indigestible part. 

 They are easily tamed ; and, when first taken, shew no disposition to 

 bite, unless provoked to anger, and, even then, manifest a reluctance to 

 defend themselves, preferring to retreat to some corner rather than to 

 attack their enemy: they walk erect; and, when placed upon a floor, 

 or in an open field, balance themselves very prettily, by raising their 

 hand over their head, and slightly bending the arm at the wrist and 

 elbow, and then run tolerably fast, rocking from side to side ; and, if 

 urged to greater speed, they let fall their hands to the ground, and assist 

 themselves forward, rather jumping than running ; still keeping the body, 

 however, nearly erect. If they succeed in making their way to a grove 

 of trees, they then swing, with such astonishing rapidity, from branch to 

 branch, and from tree to tree, that they are soon lost in the jungle, or forest. 

 " The individual in question (an adult male, with long canine teeth) be- 

 came so tame and manageable, in less than a month, that he would take 

 hold of my hand and walk with me, helping himself along, at the same 

 time, with the other hand applied to the ground, as described above. He 

 would come at my call, and seat himself in a chair by my side, at the break- 

 fast table, and help himself to an egg, or the wing of a chicken, from my 

 plate, without endangering any of my table furniture. He would partake of 

 coffee, chocolate, milk, tea, &c. ; and, although his usual mode of taking 

 liquids was by dipping his knuckles into the cup, and licking his fingers ; 

 still, when apparently more thirsty, he would take up the vessel, from 

 which I fed him, with both hands, and drink, like a man, from a spring. 

 His principal food consisted of boiled rice, boiled bread and milk, with 

 sugar, plantains, bananas, oranges, all of which he ate, but seemed best 

 pleased with bananas : he was fond of insects, and would search in the 

 crevices of my house for Spiders ; and if a Fly chanced to come within 

 his reach, he would dexterously catch him in one hand, generally using 

 his right hand. Like many of the different religious castes of this country 

 (India), he seemed to entertain an antipathy to an indiscriminate use of 

 animal food, and would not eat of either the flesh of the Cow or Hog, but 

 would sometimes taste a little piece of beef, but never eat of it. I have 

 seen him take fried fish, which he seemed to relish better than almost 

 any other description of animal food, with the exception of chicken ; and 

 even this he would eat but very sparingly of, preferring his common diet. 

 In temper he was remarkably pacific, and seemed, as I thought, often 

 glad to have an opportunity of testifying his affection and attachment for 

 me. When I visited him in the morning, he would commence a loud 

 and shrill whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo, which he would often keep up from 

 five to ten minutes, with an occasional intermission, for the purpose of 

 taking a full respiration ; until, finally, apparently quite exhausted, he 

 would lie down, and allow me to comb his head, and brush the long hair 



