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her principal food was boiled rice, of wliicli slie consumed about one pint 

 three times a day, togctlier with such fruits as tliey were able to preserve. 

 She was exceedingly fond of coeoanuts, and was well acquainted with the 

 method of extracting the milk througii one of the eyes. When in health, 

 she is said to have been so strong, that, if she once possessed herself of the 

 end of a rope, not a sailor on board of the vessel could pull it from her. 

 Her age could not be correctly ascertained, but from appearances, until the 

 period of her death, she was presumed to have been an adidt. The teeth, 

 being large and much worn, resembled those of an old subject. Subsequent 

 examination, however, showed that she was com[)aratively young, as the 

 second set of teeth were found just protruding through the jaw, but so 

 covered by the soft parts as not to be discernible during life. Iler age, 

 therefore, did not probably exceed five or six years. 



" Some idea of her superiority in ' reasoning power,' — if we niay so apply 

 the phrase, — over the ordinary specimens of the monkev-tribe, may be 

 gathered from a few focts which fell under the writer's immediate notice. 



" During the five weeks which he had an ojiportunity of observing her, 

 notwithstanding she was constantly in the habit of using and handling ves- 

 sels of glass and china, she never broke, nor suffered any of them to fall. 

 Every article was handled with extreme care, and generally returned by 

 her to its proper place. She was also very curious in the examination of 

 articles which were newly presented to her sight. After attentively looking 

 at them, instead of carelessly throwing tliem down, as might ha\'e been 

 expected, she invariably returned them, and generally into the hands of the 

 individuals from whom she received them. 



" U^jon a single occasion a circumstance occurred which evinced a judg- 

 ment almost human. She was very fond of descending to the kitchen, and 

 appeared much interested in observing the process of the culinary opera- 

 tions, and, when un watched, embraced every opportunity of stealing off to 

 it. In the instance to which we allude, after looking about, she finally 

 unbuttoned and opened the door of a closet, in which a basin of milk had 

 been jjlaced for the se[)aration of tiie cream. After attentively looking at 

 it, andon'the several shelves, as if in search of something, she carefully 

 closed the door, and presently taking a tea-cup from the table, she returned 

 to the closet, and after helping herself to a cupful of the milk, again closed 

 the door, and rc[)laced the cup whence she had taken it. A vial of medi- 

 cine was carried into the room and placed upon the mantel-piece. The 

 attendants then left the room, but kept an eye upon her. On finding her- 

 self alone, she arose from the corner vs^here she had been sitting wrapped in 

 her blanket, took a chair and carried it to the fireplace, mounted on it, 

 took down the vial of medicine, uncorked it, poured the physic over the 



