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her lap, pulling his toes about with his fingers, with the same pensive 

 air as a human child exhibits when amusing itself in the same 

 manner. I wished to examine liis teeth ; and when his nurse, in 

 order to make him open his mouth, threw him back in her arms and 

 tickled him just as she would have acted towards a child, the carica- 

 ture was complete. 



" I offered him my ungloved hand. He took it mildly in his, with 

 a manner equally exempt from forwardness and fear ; — examined 

 it with his eyes, and perceiving a ring on one of my fingers, sub- 

 mitted that and that only to a very cautious and gentle examination 

 with his teeth, so as not to leave any mark on the ring. I then offered 

 him my other hand with the glove on. This he felt, looked at it, 

 turned it about, and then tried it with his teeth. His sight and his 

 ordinary touch seemed to satisfy him in the case of a natural surface, 

 but, as it appeared to me, he required something more to assure his 

 senses when an artificial surface was presented to him ; and then he 

 applied the test of his teeth. 



" At length it became necessary for liis kind nurse to leave him ; 

 and after much remonstrance on his part, she put him on the floor. 

 He would not leave her, however, and walked nearly erect by her side, 

 holding by her gown, just like a child. At last she got him away by 

 offering him a peeled raw potato, which he ate with great relish, 

 holding it in his right hand. His keeper, who is very attentive to 

 him, and whom he likes very much, then made his appearance, and 

 spoke to him. Tommy (for by that name they call him) evidently 

 made an attempt to speak too, gesticulating as he stood nearly erect, 

 protruding his lips, and making a hoarse noise " hoo-hoo " somewhat 

 like a deaf and dumb person endeavouring to articulate. He soon 

 showed a disposition to play with me, jumping on his lower extremi- 

 ties opposite to me like a child, and looking at me with an expression 

 indicating a wish for a game of romps. I confess I complied with 

 his wish, and a capital game of play we had. 



" On another occasion, and when he had become familiar with me. 

 I caused, in the midst of his play, a looking-glass to be brought, and 

 held it before him. His attention was instantly and strongly ar- 

 rested : from the utmost activity he became immoveably fixed, 

 steadfastly gazing at the mirror with eagerness and something like 

 w^onder depicted on his face. He at length looked up at me — then 

 again gazed at the glass. The tips of my fingers appeared on one 

 side as I held it — he put his hands and then his lips to them — then 

 looked behind the glass — then gazed again at its surface — touched 

 my hand again, and then applied his lips and teeth to the surface of 

 the glass — looked behind again, and then, returning to gaze, passed 

 his hands behind it, evidently to feel if there was anything substan- 

 tial there. A savage would have acted much in the same way. 



