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would quietly lie by my side. If all the sails happened to 

 be set, he would hunt about for some other covering, and 

 either steal one of the sailors' jackets or shirts that hap- 

 pened to be drying, or empty a hammock of its blankets. 

 Off the Cape of Good Hope he suffered much from a low 

 temperature, especially early in the morning, when he 

 would descend from the mast, shuddering with cold, and 

 running up to any one of his friends, climb into their arms, 

 and clasping them closely, derive warmth from their per- 

 sons, screaming violently at any attempt to remove him. 



" His food in Java was chiefly fruit, especially mango- 

 stans, of which he was extremely fond. He also sucked 

 eggs with voracity, and often employed himself in seeking 

 them. On board ship his diet was of no definite kind. He 

 ate readily of all kinds of meat, and especially raw meat ; 

 was very fond of bread, but always preferred fruits, when 

 he could obtain them. 



" His beverage in Java was water ; on board ship it was 

 as diversified as his food. He preferred coffee and tea, but 

 would readily take wine, and exemplified his attachment to 

 spirits by stealing the captain's brandy bottle. Since his 

 arrival in London he has preferred beer and milk to any 

 thing else, but drinks wine and other liquors. 



" In his attempts to obtain food, he afforded us many 

 opportunities of judging of his sagacity and disposition. 

 He was always very impatient to seize it when held out to 

 him, and became passionate when it was not soon given up ; 

 and would chase a person all over the ship to obtain it. I 

 seldom came upon deck without sweetmeats or fruit in my 

 pocket, and could never escape his vigilant eye. Some- 

 times I endeavoured to evade him by ascending to the mast- 

 head, but was always overtaken or intercepted in my pro- 

 gress. When he came up with me on the shrouds, he 

 would secure himself by one foot to the ratlings, and con- 

 fine my legs with the other and one of his hands, while he 



