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little more accustomed to us. I have just 

 shown him himself in a hand looking glass, 

 which seemed to perplex him considerably. 

 Our original monkey eats toast and bread, 

 but Jacko will take nothing but boiled rice, 

 which he demolishes in a very vulgar way — 

 rilling his mouth and the pouch at the side 

 of his cheek over full and then giving the 

 pouch a great slap with his hand, just as you 

 sometimes see little children blow out their 

 cheeks and then slap them to make a noise. 

 They both like oranges, and deftly pick 

 out the pips, which they eat first, evidently 

 thinking them the " bonne bouche," then with 

 their hand they tear the inside pulp to pieces 

 eating it with great gusto. Of course the 

 orange has to be cut in half, as the whole 

 would be too large for their little hands to 

 manipulate. Sometimes, I give them a plan- 

 tain, and it is quite a pretty sight to see the 

 neat way in which they peel the fruit before 

 eating it. The little monkey seems much 

 happier now she has a companion. Occasion- 

 ally they sit on the ground side by side, with 

 their arms interlaced round each others neck, 

 just like a pair of affectionate school girls. 



March 28th. — Everyone that can be spared 

 from other work is now busy rubbering. We 

 have only " Ceara " rubber, which is not 

 quite so valuable as the "Para" species; but 



