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belonging to the vessel and dragged him out in safety. The beast liinisclf 

 seemed comjiletely subdued by his dueking ; and as no one dared to open 

 his cage to dry it, he rolled himself up in one corner, nor roused liimsclf till 

 after an interval of some days, when he recognized my voice. V'l lien I 

 first sjioke, he raised his head, held it on one side, then on the other, to 

 listen ; and when I came fully into his view, he Jumped on his legs, and 

 appeared frantic; he rcilled himself over and over, lie hnwleil, he opened 

 his enormous jaws, and cried, and seemed as if he would have torn his cage 

 to pieces. However, as his violence subsided, he contented himself with 

 thrusting his paws and nose through the bars of the cage to receive my 

 caresses. 



" The greatest treat I could bestow upon my fa\oritc was lavender-water. 

 Mr. Ilutciiison had told me that on the way from Ashantce he drew a 

 scented handkerchief from his pocket, wlileli \vas inunecuately seized on by 

 the [)anther, who reduced it to atoms ; nor could he venture to open a bottle 

 of perfume when the animal was near, he was so eager to enjoy it. I in- 

 dulged iiim twice a week, by making a cup of stilF pa[)er, pouring a little 

 lavender-water into it, and giving it to him tin-ough the bars of liis cage, lie 

 would drag it to him witli great eagerness, roll himself over it, nor rest till 

 tlie smell had evaporated. l>y this I taught him to put out his paws with- 

 out sliowing ills nails, always refusing the lavender-water till he hatl dra\>n 

 them back again; and in a short time he ne-\-er, on any occasion, protruded 

 his claws when offering me his paw. We lay eight weeks in tlie Iiiver 

 Gaboon, wlicre iie had plenty of excellent food, but was never suffered to 

 leave his cage, on account of the deck being always filled with blai'k stran- 

 gers, to whom he liad a very decided aversion, although he was j)erfeetly 

 reconciled to white people. His indignation, however, was con.-tantly 

 excited by the pigs, when they were suffered to run past his cage, and the 

 sight of one of the monkeys put him in a complete finy. While at anelior 

 in the before-mentioned river, an ourang-outang (iS/iiiid sir/ijri's) was 

 brought for sale, and li\t;d three days on board; arid 1 shall ne\er forget 

 the uncontrollable rage of the one, or the agony of the other, at tliis meet- 

 ing. The ourang-outang was about three feet high, and very poweri'ul in 

 proportion to bis size ; so that when be fied v\-itii extrai)rdinary rapidity 

 from the panther to the farther end of the deck, neither men nor things 

 remained upright when they opposed his progress. There he took refuge 

 in a sail, and although generally obedient to the voice of his master, force 

 was necessary to make him quit the shelter of its folds. As to tlie panther, 

 his back rose in an arch ; his tail was elevated, and perfectly stiif ; his eyes 

 flashed, and, as he howled, he showed his huge teeth : tlien, as if forgetting 

 the bars before him, he tried to spring on tlie ourang-outang, to tear him to 

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