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little stick, the whole resting on a board which I arranged 

 outside Jimmy's cage at Belle Vue. He at once pulled 

 the nut in, but made no attempt that day to get the stick 

 into position for himself. The next day I arranged it 

 again, and also dragged the nut about outside. At the 

 fourth trial on that day, he waved the stick about as 

 if vaguely trying to hit the nut. I append the remainder 

 of the notes taken on that day, and the next. 



4. Stick being placed near nut, he swishes it sideways, and gets 

 nut. 



5. Swishes about persistently with stick. Knocks nut away 

 once, and we replace. Then by deliberate casts gets it. 



6. Pushes stick out from cage. Hits nut away. Sulks. 



7. Great struggle to get it. Throws stick and picks it up again. 

 At last gets nut. 



8. No effort, till we go away. Then at once tries, but knocks 

 nut away. 



Next day. 



1. Swishes stick about vaguely. Swipes at nut. Vexed, and 

 throws stick away. Gets stick over nut, and pulls a little. Gives 

 up again. Throws stick over it, and pulls by crook. At last 

 gets it. 



2. Swipes about, knocks nut further away. New stick sub- 

 stituted T shape. Examines and bites at it. Gets it into cage. 

 Apple substituted for nut. Stick lies near. He gets apple at once. 



3. After long time with no effort, makes awkward casts at apple, 

 handle of stick getting mixed up with netting. Throws stick 

 away again in vexation. Does not understand drawing it in like 

 Professor. I give it back, putting it under bar. Tries to throw 

 it over apple sideways ; fails. 



4. After an interval, I shorten stick. He fishes about for small 

 pieces, and gets them. 



5. Gets a big bit better. 



As long as he was in his cage, Jimmy showed himself much less 

 handy with the stick than the Professor. He had to operate 

 through a wire netting, which however did not reach to the floor 

 by an interval of more than an inch. He seldom made use of this 

 interval for getting the stick in and out, though it was much 

 handier than working through the railing. If the stick was put 

 inside the netting, he had great difficulty in getting it out. The 

 crosspiece with which the stick was fitted was too long to go 

 through the mesh of the net without a little manoeuvring ; and in 

 this, he very often failed. He would push it so violently that the 

 stick would get through and fall out of his reach ; and once he bit 



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