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than anything else, and it was impossible to free myself 

 without assistance. When restless, it would struggle about 

 with its hands up in the air trying to find something to take 

 hold of, and, when it had got a bit of stick or rag in two 

 Or three of its hands, seemed quite happy. For want of 

 something else, it would often seize its own feet, and after 

 a time it would constantly cross its arms and grasp with 

 each hand the long hair that grew just below the opposite 

 shoulder. The great tenacity of its grasp soon diminished, 

 and I was obliged to invent some means to give it exercise 

 and strengthen its limbs. For this purpose I made a short 

 ladder of three or four rounds, on which T put it to hang 

 for a quarter of an hour at a time. At first it seemed 

 much pleased, but it could not get all four hands in a 

 comfortable position, and, after changing about several 

 times, would leave hold of one hand after the other, and 

 drop on to the floor. Sometimes when hanging only by 

 two hands, it would loose one, and cross it to the opposite 

 shoulder, grasping its own hair ; and, as this seemed much 

 more agreeable than the stick, it would then loose the 

 other and tumble down, when it would cross both and lie 

 on its back quite contentedly, never seeming to be hurt 

 by its numerous tumbles. Finding it so fond of hair, I 

 endeavoured to make an artificial mother, by wrapping 

 up a piece of buffalo-skin into a bundle, and suspending 

 it about a foot from the floor. At first this seemed to suit 



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